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- Title
La figure de l'étranger chez les Kaingangs du Brésil méridional.
- Authors
Crépeau, Robert R.; Désilets, Maude
- Abstract
This paper presents the role of the most important spiritual helper of contemporary Kaingang shamans, an enigmatic Italian figure known in Southern Brazil as Saint João Maria or "o Monge", the Monk. The latter is Giovanni Maria de Agostini, an itinerant Italian monk, who traveled through the Americas between 1838 and 1869. Though the Catholic Church never canonized him, he is still today a very influential religious figure in Southern Brazil. Historically, his name is related to a messianic movement known as "Guerra do Contestado", which occurred between 1912 and 1916. This paper compares Kaingang's narratives related to São João Maria with stories from New Mexico and Peru that have formed independently following contact with Agostini.
- Subjects
SOUTH Brazil; NEW Mexico; PERU; DE Agostini, Giovanni Maria; KAINGANG (South American people); TALE (Literary form); MALE shamans; MONKS; HERMITS
- Publication
Recherches Amérindiennes au Québec, 2010, Vol 40, Issue 1/2, p75
- ISSN
0318-4137
- Publication type
Article