Comparative considerations on the circular form of the mythic time and its relations with the Rit

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  • José D'Assunção Barros UFRRJ - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2013v20n30p123

Abstract

This article aims to examine the circular aspect included in some of the ancients mythic conceptions about the form of Time, exemplifying with some of mythic patterns of circular representation of Time that appear in the mythologies hinduist, jainist, greek and Hawaiian. The circular pattern of the mythic time is contrasted, in the sequence, with the linear pattern of Time introduced by Christian perspective. The article examines also the relation between myth and rite, which introduces a binary form in the circular time proposed by some of the mythic patterns of decadence of humanity.

Author Biography

José D'Assunção Barros, UFRRJ - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

Professor-adjunto da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, nos cursos de Graduação e Pós-Graduação em História. Professor-Colaborador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História Comparada da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Doutor em História pela Universidade Federal Fluminense.

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2013-12-19

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Barros, J. D. (2013). Comparative considerations on the circular form of the mythic time and its relations with the Rit. Esboços: Histories in Global Contexts, 20(30), 123–140. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2013v20n30p123

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Vol. 20 No. 30 (2013): Dossiê Desastres Ambientais

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