“Far, Far Away My Shadow Wandered…”

The dream symbolism and dream theories of the Mehinaku Indians of Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID17537216
AuthorsThomas Gregor (0000-0001-9460-139X, Vanderbilt University, corresponding author)
Year1981
Volume8
Issue4
Pages709-720
Publication date1981-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Ethnologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/ae.1981.8.4.02a00030
OpenAlexW2029235961
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited4

The Mehinaku Indians of Brazil make a deliberate effort to recall and interpret their dreams. The interpretations, most of which are based on a metaphoric relationship between the dream symbol and its meaning, suggest a concern with the physical and psychological boundaries of the individual. This pattern is part of a larger system of beliefs that reflects the relative absence of bounded social groups and a “person‐centered” system of conferring identity. [dreams, dream interpretation, nature of self, South American Indians]

Aesthetics · Cognitive psychology · Dream · Epistemology · Identity (music) · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Recall · Shadow (psychology) · Sociology · Symbol (formal) · Philosophy · Psychology · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Social Psychology

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