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Copyright Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gera, Programa de Posgraduacao em Ciencias da Religiao Apr-Jun 2013

Abstract

Cultural processes of rural populations in Latin America while its immaterial dimension, are closely related to social and collective memory, which can serve, among other thins, to strengthen the transmission of legends created by wisdom through oral tradition. In the plains of the Midwest Venezuelan, during more than two centuries, were heard many legends that tell the apparition of spirits which roam the savannas lonely, especially on the darkest nights. These "ghosts of Savannah" are the souls of old settlers who roam (roam) because they can not find peace or because they are asking for prayers for his eternal rest. These stories from generation to generation are part of the identity of the plains and are included national literature. This article emphasizes this feature, taking as an example the novel by Romulo Gallegos, as well as popular songs or those compiled by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba to establish the link between the creation and transmission of legends and religion of that culture. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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Title
Los espantos de La sabana: leyendas y religiosidad de los Llanos venezolanos/Savannah: Legends and religion of the Venezuelan llanos
Author
Muñoz, Jenny González
Pages
572-592
Section
Dossiê: Religião, Biodiversidade e Território - Artigo original
Publication year
2013
Publication date
Apr-Jun 2013
Publisher
Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gera, Programa de Posgraduacao em Ciencias da Religiao
ISSN
16799615
e-ISSN
21755841
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1412868441
Copyright
Copyright Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gera, Programa de Posgraduacao em Ciencias da Religiao Apr-Jun 2013