Calebasses anthropophages et dévoreurs africains
The corpus of the myths of the "Devouring Calabash" is here enriched and complemented, as well as that of the diluvial myths, not uncommon in Africa contrary to a widespread opinion. Phylomemetics show that the distribution of the African versions of the Devourer is best explained by assum...
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| description | The corpus of the myths of the "Devouring Calabash" is here enriched and complemented, as well as that of the diluvial myths, not uncommon in Africa contrary to a widespread opinion. Phylomemetics show that the distribution of the African versions of the Devourer is best explained by assuming the existence of two groups, and areal studies suggest that a Eurasian version would have been introduced in East Africa and that it would have spread by enriching itself with the strictly African development according to which an anthropomorphic Devourer is killed and burned, but resurrects in the form of a monstrous calabash growing on the ashes; then this fruit also begins to devour everyone, and it is therefore necessary to kill anew the Devourer thus "reincarnated". This new variant would have spread to the West and South, giving birth to stories in which there is only the calabash, and these new versions would have been more particularly implanted in the West and enriched by a new motive: the one according to which the winner of this vegetal Devourer is no longer a human, but an animal, and more particularly a ram. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-14e3412d06a04a7a8ad6eef93e27c97d2025-01-09T13:03:00ZdeuInstitut des Mondes AfricainsAfriques2108-67962019-12-0110.4000/afriques.2288Calebasses anthropophages et dévoreurs africainsJean-Loïc Le QuellecThe corpus of the myths of the "Devouring Calabash" is here enriched and complemented, as well as that of the diluvial myths, not uncommon in Africa contrary to a widespread opinion. Phylomemetics show that the distribution of the African versions of the Devourer is best explained by assuming the existence of two groups, and areal studies suggest that a Eurasian version would have been introduced in East Africa and that it would have spread by enriching itself with the strictly African development according to which an anthropomorphic Devourer is killed and burned, but resurrects in the form of a monstrous calabash growing on the ashes; then this fruit also begins to devour everyone, and it is therefore necessary to kill anew the Devourer thus "reincarnated". This new variant would have spread to the West and South, giving birth to stories in which there is only the calabash, and these new versions would have been more particularly implanted in the West and enriched by a new motive: the one according to which the winner of this vegetal Devourer is no longer a human, but an animal, and more particularly a ram.https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/2288mythologydevouring calabashfolktalesphylomemeticsareal studies |
| spellingShingle | Jean-Loïc Le Quellec Calebasses anthropophages et dévoreurs africains Afriques mythology devouring calabash folktales phylomemetics areal studies |
| title | Calebasses anthropophages et dévoreurs africains |
| title_full | Calebasses anthropophages et dévoreurs africains |
| title_fullStr | Calebasses anthropophages et dévoreurs africains |
| title_full_unstemmed | Calebasses anthropophages et dévoreurs africains |
| title_short | Calebasses anthropophages et dévoreurs africains |
| title_sort | calebasses anthropophages et devoreurs africains |
| topic | mythology devouring calabash folktales phylomemetics areal studies |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/2288 |
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