Pourquoi le trickster-culture hero fait-il rire ?Les aventures de Corbeau sur la Côte Nord-Ouest du Pacifique
Regardless of the animal form he assumes, the trickster is the most popular mythical figure among indigenous North American peoples who often regard him as the most effective guarantor of their identity. Yet he appears as a ridiculous character, driven by his insatiable urges into burlesque situatio...
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CNRS Editions, Paris (FRA)
2001
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2042/14505 https://doi.org/10.4267/2042/14505 |
| Summary: | Regardless of the animal form he assumes, the trickster is the most popular mythical figure among indigenous North American peoples who often regard him as the most effective guarantor of their identity. Yet he appears as a ridiculous character, driven by his insatiable urges into burlesque situations. In his most enigmatic incarnations he also appears as a cultural hero. Basing ourselves on a corpus of myths collected from the Haida people of the Northwest Coast, our hypothesis is that the laughter provided by the Raven stories allowed society to stand back from the restraints engendered by its own demands. Le trickster, quelque soit la forme animale sous laquelle il apparaît, est le personnage mythique le plus populaire des autochtones d'Amérique du Nord, souvent revendiqué comme garant de leur identité. Il s'agit pourtant d'un personnage dérisoire, entraîné par des pulsions insatiables dans des situations burlesques. Dans ses incarnations les plus énigmatiques il est aussi un héros culturel. À partir d'un corpus de mythes recueillis auprès des Haida, notre hypothèse est que par le rire que provoquaient les histoires de Corbeau, la société permettait à ses membres de prendre distance par rapport aux contraintes engendrées par ses propres exigences. |
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