IMAGINARY AND MYTHICAL REPRESENTATIONS: THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS (AYVU PORÃ) OF THE GUARANI MBYA DIVINE CHANTS (MBORAI)

Authors

  • Alzira Lobo Arruda Campos
  • Marília Gomes Chizzi Godoy Universidade de Santo Amaro
  • Raimunda Maria Rodrigues Santos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.65570

Keywords:

Guarani Mbya chant (mborai), cosmology, mythical discourse, chant-and-dance group (mborai-jeroky), theogony.

Abstract

The poetic discourses of the Guarani Mbya mborai (chants), which were recorded in CDs released by chants and dance groups, are representatives of this people’s cultural imagery, compromised to its mythological conception. Through the sacred contents of the chants, always linked to praised deities, we can understand the space-time dimension of the Guarani Mbya culture, in which the historical experiences are portrayed as real, and the myth arises as a foundational expression of life and mankind. The mythical narratives of the chants, conceived as ayvu porã (“the beautiful words”), are seen as an intrinsic part of the “beautiful knowledge” (arandu porã) and lead to this discussion, which focuses on debating the signification of those divine mythical identities registered in the words of the chants.

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Author Biography

Marília Gomes Chizzi Godoy, Universidade de Santo Amaro

Doutora em Psicologia Social (PUC-SP); Mestra em Antropologia Social (USP); Docente do Mestrado Interdisciplinar em Ciências Humanas da Universidade de Santo Amaro (UNISA/SP). Email: mgggodoy@yahoo.com.br

Published

2017-12-31

How to Cite

ARRUDA CAMPOS, Alzira Lobo; CHIZZI GODOY, Marília Gomes; RODRIGUES SANTOS, Raimunda Maria. IMAGINARY AND MYTHICAL REPRESENTATIONS: THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS (AYVU PORÃ) OF THE GUARANI MBYA DIVINE CHANTS (MBORAI). Espaço Ameríndio, Porto Alegre, v. 11, n. 2, p. 167, 2017. DOI: 10.22456/1982-6524.65570. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/65570. Acesso em: 28 aug. 2025.

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