Parintineida: Heranças Greco-Romanas. “Origem dos Mitos”

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze Greco-Roman remnants in Amazonian mythology present in the work "Identity Cabocla" by Alfredo Saunier, among them investigate the origin of myths to justify the legends with the purpose of a reflection on contemporary man and do reference to the sacred as a result of a principle and orientation to cultural customs. As main theoretical reference are Cascudo, Eliade, Krüguer and Pouzadoux, foundations within myth and literature, colonization and philosophy about cultural formation. Myth and legend, today are seen as a form of orientation in the midst of events that the human being lives. In which the study is based on the methodology of qualitative nature with type of bibliographic research whose object of study has a monographic procedure in theoretical approach and hypothetical deductive research techniques. Getting satisfactory results with regard to research on the issue in reference to its practical relevance to society, bringing out the foreground, such as the birth of the main axis, the sacred, which from ancient Greece and Rome deal with religion as a result of the production of a a magical principle that is present in the daily customs of men.