Mitos Mawé e Munduruku - guaraná e as serpentes que criaram a noite

Abstract

The Mythology of the Amazonian Peoples is a field to be studied, analyzed and understood for the preservation of the identity and cultural memory of the native populations of the region. The Guarana Myth of the Saterés Mawés and the Myth of the Serpents that created the night of the Mundurukus are examples of narratives that relate the origin of elements or symbols that are linked to the culture of these ethnic groups. Guarana for the Mawés is the center of explanations about its origin and social organization and that of the Serpents that created the night for the Munduruku is an awakening in their people, a love for their own history, for the struggles, victories and defeats that have taken place over the years. of time. It is within the indigenous mythical perspective that this article aims to show the importance of these Myths for maintaining the cultural identity of the Maueense community, whose origin is linked to two native societies, the Sateré Mawé and the Munduruku. The theoretical support for the discussion of the subject in question was the study by Frederico Kruger, Nunes Pereira, Micea Eliade, Everardo Rocha, Walter Benjamin, Finley, Joseph Campbell, George Gusdorf, Figueroa and other leading scholars on the subject.