The World of Anaconda
The Myth of the Snake-Canoe and Its Relationship With the Stilt Villages From Eastern Amazon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3811366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandre Guida Navarro (0000-0001-8223-2144, corresponding author), Alexandre Navarro |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 30-51 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Brasiliana- Journal for Brazilian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2245-4373 • E-ISSN: 2245-4373 |
| Publisher | Brasiliana - Journal for Brazilian Studies (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.25160/bjbs.v9i2.121588 |
| OpenAlex | W3134724302 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Amazonian ethnography relies on a world created by an anaconda, an ancestral creator. The story that myths tell is that the Amazon River is the metaphor of an anaconda; a large, meandering reptile. While the Anaconda sails along the great river, it populates the riverbanks, creating the Indian villages along its margins. This is why the anaconda is a snake-canoe. Amazonian societies are classified by archeology as belonging to the Polychrome Tradition of the Amazon (TPA). This research suggests that stilt villagers in eastern Amazonia, where shamanism played a role in communicating with animals, also shared this myth. The anaconda embodied in ceramic archaeological sites is as a memory of this complex indigenous narrative as it develops across time
Amazon rainforest · Amazonian · Archaeology · Art · Biology · Canyon · Cartography · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenous · Mount · Mythology · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Engineering · Indigenous Health and Education · Ecology · History
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |