Des lémuriens et des hommes : mythes, représentations et pratiques à Madagascar

Myths and related practices reflect the richness of relationships that people have had since the beginning with lemurs, animals endemic to the island of Madagascar. Depending on the species and the ethnic group involved, the representations of lemurs differ throughout the territory: founder ancestor...

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Main Author: Claire Harpet
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Language:English
Published: Société Francophone de Primatologie 2011-10-01
Series:Revue de Primatologie
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/primatologie/829
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description Myths and related practices reflect the richness of relationships that people have had since the beginning with lemurs, animals endemic to the island of Madagascar. Depending on the species and the ethnic group involved, the representations of lemurs differ throughout the territory: founder ancestors, benefactors, taboo, sacred, feared or evil omen, lemurs occupy many status in the heart of Madagascan bestiary.  Some traditionsare underminingtheir existence;others on the contrarycontribute totheir preservation.Thepresent article proposesreading anthropological relationshipsof men andlemursin Madagascar tothe test of timeand theglobalizing world.
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spelling doaj-art-c4d4d16ed1014cd78dc2fe91447532f22025-01-30T10:02:20ZengSociété Francophone de PrimatologieRevue de Primatologie2077-37572011-10-01310.4000/primatologie.829Des lémuriens et des hommes : mythes, représentations et pratiques à MadagascarClaire HarpetMyths and related practices reflect the richness of relationships that people have had since the beginning with lemurs, animals endemic to the island of Madagascar. Depending on the species and the ethnic group involved, the representations of lemurs differ throughout the territory: founder ancestors, benefactors, taboo, sacred, feared or evil omen, lemurs occupy many status in the heart of Madagascan bestiary.  Some traditionsare underminingtheir existence;others on the contrarycontribute totheir preservation.Thepresent article proposesreading anthropological relationshipsof men andlemursin Madagascar tothe test of timeand theglobalizing world.https://journals.openedition.org/primatologie/829mythsritualstaboossacrednesssocial practiceslocal knowledge.
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Des lémuriens et des hommes : mythes, représentations et pratiques à Madagascar
Revue de Primatologie
myths
rituals
taboos
sacredness
social practices
local knowledge.
title Des lémuriens et des hommes : mythes, représentations et pratiques à Madagascar
title_full Des lémuriens et des hommes : mythes, représentations et pratiques à Madagascar
title_fullStr Des lémuriens et des hommes : mythes, représentations et pratiques à Madagascar
title_full_unstemmed Des lémuriens et des hommes : mythes, représentations et pratiques à Madagascar
title_short Des lémuriens et des hommes : mythes, représentations et pratiques à Madagascar
title_sort des lemuriens et des hommes mythes representations et pratiques a madagascar
topic myths
rituals
taboos
sacredness
social practices
local knowledge.
url https://journals.openedition.org/primatologie/829
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