RELIGION / Indigenous / Sacred Stories

Paper · Semantic Scholar

This research investigates the role of oral narratives in the maintenance of the cultural identity of Wassu-Cocal indigenous ethnicity from Alagoas. Through Pecheutian Discourse Analysis, the study examines three traditional narratives and discusses how they express symbolic and historical values that challenge the dominant view associating Wassu-Cocal identity with the accidents and incidents of the BR-101, the hig…

Reference · Wikidata

2004 edition of book by Laura Weigert

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society. For scholars, this is totally different from the ordinary sense of the term myth, meaning a belief that is not true, as the veracity of a piece of folklore is entirely irrelevant to determining whether it constitutes a myth.

Image · DPLA

Issue 51.4 of the Review for Religious, July/August 1992.