Os arquétipos dos Orixás em Mar Morto

Abstract

This is bibliographic research, in which it sought to identify the representation of the orishas in the characters of the Mar Morto Sea, understanding, in this line, the collaboration of Yoruban culture in Brazilian literature. With this, to get an idea of how this mythology arrives in Brazil, how it is configured and remains to the present day and its contribution to literature, was used as a source of research: Mitologia dos Orixás by Reginaldo Prandi (2001), Orixás by Pierre Verger (1980), Os nagôs e a morte, by Juane Elben dos Santos (2002), O livro dos orixás by Parizi (2020), História concisa da literatura brasileira by Bosi (2001) among others. In addition, it is possible to understand Jorge Amado's fiction and his relationship with mythologies and Afro-Brazilianness, as well as how the writer treats the mythological figures in his text, also considering the aesthetic and literary movement of that time. So, the novel is analyzed, seeking to identify the archetypes of the orishas in the characters and the mythical aspects present in the narrative