Antípoda. Revista de Antropología y Arqueología

Antipod. Rev. Antropol. Arqueol | eISSN 2011-4273 | ISSN 1900-5407

The Illusion of the Brother: An Expedition to the Mythographies Anthropologic and Literary, of the Yurupary

No. 15 (2012-07-01)
  • Juan Camilo González Galvis
  • Natalia Lozada Mendieta

Abstract

The following article takes a close look at the significant approaches taken by which literature and anthropology towardmythology. It explores the nature of these disciplines’ multiple perspectives, as well as their shared interest in the topos of origin and identity. Convergences and divergences are analyzed in the light of their respective mythographies of the Yurupary myth.

Keywords: myth, Yurupary, literature, anthropology, ethnography