Oralitura and the mythological figure of Iyá Mi Oxorongá in “Caroço de dendê”, by Mãe Beata de Yemonjá

Abstract

Caroço de Dendê: a sabedoria dos terreiros: como Ialorixás e Babalorixás passam conhecimento a seus filhos (2008), whose first edition dates from 1997, of Mãe Beata de Yemonjá (1931-2017), is composed of 43 tales that merge the Ithans (legends of the Orixás) and other stories of Terreiro, of these we choose three: três “O cachimbo de Tia Cilu”; “Iyá Mi, a mãe Ancestral” and “Conto dedicado a minha mãe, Do Carmo”, that rescue the ancestry of the sorcerers ' mothers, the Iyá Mi Oxorongás, mythic-religious figures of the afro culture. The theoretical framework is composed of the concept of Leda Martins (1997; 2003; 2007) "Oralitura" as well as the studies by Heloisa Toller Gomes (2004; 2007), Conceição Evaristo (2011) and Ana Rita Santiago (2012) to the concept of afrofeminine literature, a literature crossed by the condition of woman and black and all that implies. The Iyá-mis Oxorongás are the representation and maintenance of african matriarchal and afrodiaspathic culture, unique ancestors in the religions of African matrix.