De la simbología del cuento maravilloso al mito

Satrústegui Zubeldia, José María

Publication year:

1995

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISSN:

0212-7016

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Summary

By means of a re-evaluation of oral literature, the author studies the mythological content of the Basque story "My mother killed me, my father ate me" that has a similar message to the Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris. In this case it symbolizes the transformation process from child to adult