Mito e Ethos entre os Yanomami de Xitipapiwei

Abstract

This thesis seeks to develop considerations about the ethos expressed in the myths narrated by the Yanomami village of the river Xitipapiwei Marauiá (in Santa Isabel do Rio Negro in Amazonas State). The work has as starting point for analysis of three wãnowãno 'myths' Yanomami Hewëriwë 'man-bat' Ira, Opo, Kumararotawë 'jaguar, armadillo and centipede' and Tom riyoma 'Woman agouti' To do so, shall be considered here the theoretical assumptions of pragmatic analysis, as well as the design ethos (which is based on an ethics-discursive) postulated by the Theory of Communicative Rationality (whose chief representative is the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas). With this we intend to establish a reflection on how the ethos is expressed in Wano Yanomam and expand, thus understanding their social relations.