L’ogresse dans les Andes et en Amazonie

The ogress is a constant theme in the oral tradition of different peoples. This article compares stories about ogresses told in the central Peruvian Andes (the Aĉkay) and those related to the Waimí Tiara (the gluttonous old woman) who devastates the Brazilian Amazonian region. Oecological contrasts...

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Main Author:	Gerald Taylor
Format:	Article
Language:	Spanish
Published:	Institut Français d'Études Andines 2008-08-01
Series:	Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines
Subjects:	comparative oral tradition Central Peruvian Andes Brazilian Amazonia quechua nheengatu (tupi) baniwa (arawak)
Online Access:	http://journals.openedition.org/bifea/3113

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title	L’ogresse dans les Andes et en Amazonie
title_short	L’ogresse dans les Andes et en Amazonie
title_full	L’ogresse dans les Andes et en Amazonie
title_fullStr	L’ogresse dans les Andes et en Amazonie
title_full_unstemmed	L’ogresse dans les Andes et en Amazonie
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publisher	Institut Français d'Études Andines
series	Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines
issn	0303-7495 2076-5827
publishDate	2008-08-01
description	The ogress is a constant theme in the oral tradition of different peoples. This article compares stories about ogresses told in the central Peruvian Andes (the Aĉkay) and those related to the Waimí Tiara (the gluttonous old woman) who devastates the Brazilian Amazonian region. Oecological contrasts (the high Andean valleys and the Amazonian forest) explain what is specific to each tradition. The influence of European fairy stories —particularly that of the two children abandoned in the woods popularized in the version retold by the Grimm brothers and diffused by colonizers and missionaries— has modified the development of these traditional stories without eliminating their mythological basis.
topic	comparative oral tradition Central Peruvian Andes Brazilian Amazonia quechua nheengatu (tupi) baniwa (arawak)
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L’ogresse dans les Andes et en Amazonie

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