Entre sucuris e queixadas: transformações nos mitos pano de origem da ayahuasca
Revista de Antropologia April 27, 2022 Marcos de Almeida Matos 3 citations
This article examines two major Pano myths about ayahuasca as transformations of a series of other myths, establishing a transformation set. It argues these myths are closely linked to myths about human relationships with herds of peccaries. This connection can be understood in light of an influential hypothesis about the history of ayahuasca's diffusion, extending it to the upper Juruá and Purus rivers region. The work suggests ideas for how myths transformed to accommodate ayahuasca use and what this change means from the perspective of the cosmologies that produced those myths.