The tree as a hierophany and the basis of sexuality in indigenous myths

 

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Bibliografiset tiedot
Tekijä: Arley Fonseca, Mauricio
Aineistotyyppi: artículo original
Tila:Versión publicada
Julkaisupäivä:2019
Kuvaus:Some trees are hierophanies manifestations. In this study of indoamerican mythology will be analyzed, mainly, etiological myths, related with the tree, which is going to reveal the sexuality background between the sacred and profane, and where sacrifice has a primordial aspect. Through many mythics motifs it will show that trees figure in the origin time (as founders of humanity) and the ending times, as it happens with nahuas and the archetype tree of Chichihualcuauhco (mammas tree), which nourished the dead babies. Some trees have had sexual relations with human beings and by this way some dwarfs have been born (as Catorce Fuerzas)or the generation has been preserved, as in the Pop Wuj, after a sacrifice, when Hun-Hunahpú´s head (as jicara tree) makes pregnant the young Ixquic. These numinous characteristics will permit to establish parallelisms between different myths, for example, the event mentioned of Pop Wuj, according to the pregnancy of Virgin Mary.
Maa:Portal de Revistas UCR
Organisaatio:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Kieli:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/35010
Linkit:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/estudios/article/view/35010
Sanahaku:Hierophany
tree
mythology
Popol Vuh
Hierofanía
árbol
mitología