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Cuban Mythology
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Cuban Mythology
El Bizarron
Works Cited
Tale about befuddling a demon
"Going down to underworld" - seems to be present in mythology across various cultures
IMO, similar to Odysseus vs Cyclops
Creation Myth
http://www.gateway-africa.com/stories/Yoruba_Creation_Myth.html
http://www.photius.com/religion/yoruba.html
http://cuban-exile.com/doc_326-350/doc0337.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=Rtw__rWs9qEC&pg=PA747&lpg=PA747&dq=el+bizarron&source=bl&ots=tv7T22bI5m&sig=UqJdrhLvhiaHSoo0AsYW1dPlc4Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwg_mNlIfMAhWHzoMKHUYDAYM4ChDoAQgtMAM#v=onepage&q=el%20bizarron&f=false
http://tribeofthesun.com/deities/babaluaye/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/santeria/
by Matthew Steffan
CLASS2200H
Professor Hawkins
Beginning similar to what we learned about Uranus, Gaia, and Cronus
A Quick Background
Mythology
- One of last remaining communist countries
- Located in Caribbean Sea
- President Obama visited Cuba in March, ending 88 yr drought
- Marxist one-party Republic , Planned Economy
Orishas - Similar to other myths we've seen
Worshiped as gods, divinities similar to saints
Babalu-aye - smallpox dance myth
- Direct Catholic Influence of St. Lazarus
- Associated with the sick
- Gives and Heals
- Leprosy, AIDS
Religion: A Part of Mythology
Cuban religion called Santeria "Way of the Saints", a branch of the Yoruba religion
"Yorubaland" - modern Nigeria, Benin, Togo
5.3 million people practice Yoruba
Slave trade - 1 million people 1780- 1850
Christianity/Voodoo
Rituals
"Make ebo" - Sacrifice foods, animals to interact w orishas
Mutual Relationship - You help Orisha, Orisha helps you
Tradition
Orishas = Specific
- Nature , Function
See world through oppositions - LEVI STRAUSS
Ex . Heaven/Earth , White/ red
All White clothing at religious services (derived from voodoo) - "Purity"
NO SCRIPTURE - word of mouth