Comment meurent les pumas
Du mythe au rite à Huaraz (Centre-Nord du Pérou)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13924580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Doris Walter (Institut Français des Relations Internationales, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 447-471 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin de l’Institut français d’études andines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0303-7495 • E-ISSN: 2076-5827 |
| Publisher | Institut Francais d'Etudes Andines (PUBLISHER • PE) |
| DOI | 10.3406/bifea.1997.1271 |
| OpenAlex | W1570614335 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
How pumas die: myth and ritual in Huaraz (central northern peru) This paper presents new ethnographic data on puma symbolism in the Andes. Through samples of speech collected in Quechua in the area of Huaraz (central-northern Peru), I first describe how the animal is collectively perceived. Next, I analyze a myth, also in Quechua, which shows that the puma is a symbolic representation of the ancestors. This above provides the key which enables us to understand the symbolic value of puma fat, as well as an infrequent ritual which is carried out at the moment of death
Art · Ethnography · Ethnology · Humanities · Literature · Mythology · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Puma · Representation (politics · Rite · Sociology · The Symbolic · Theology · Value (mathematics · Anthropology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2002 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |