O “KESUITA” GUARANI: MITOLOGIA E TERRITORIALIDADE

Authors

  • Aldo Litaiff UFSC e Unisul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.11707

Keywords:

Guarani Indians, Kesuita, Territoriality

Abstract

Guarani beliefs, as the Kesuita or Nhanderu and the Land with no evil, are here seen as autochthon axiomatic propositions, which refer to notions as those of territory and territoriality. The myth is an oral theory of practice, which uses heavenly bodies and elements of nature as tools for creating concepts, or “ideographic bases” (LÉVI-STRAUSS, 1964). It is intended to demonstrate that the mythic discourse can bear an indirect connection, or even a direct one, with empirical reality, while stressing those issues relating to territoriality.

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Author Biography

Aldo Litaiff, UFSC e Unisul

PPGCL/Unisul e Museu da UFSC. Graduação em Filosofia pela UFSC (1986); Mestrado em Antropologia pela UFSC (1991); Doutorado em Antropologia pela Universidade de Montreal, Canadá (2000),; Pós-doutorado pela EHESS/França.

Published

2009-12-31

How to Cite

LITAIFF, Aldo. O “KESUITA” GUARANI: MITOLOGIA E TERRITORIALIDADE. Espaço Ameríndio, Porto Alegre, v. 3, n. 2, p. 142, 2009. DOI: 10.22456/1982-6524.11707. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/11707. Acesso em: 14 sep. 2026.

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