Native american and christian sacred and profane in green grass, running water, by thomas king
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https://doi.org/10.5433/el.2014v13.e27071Keywords:
Indigenous mythology, Judeo-Christian tradition, Subversion, TricksterAbstract
This article aims at discussing how the sacred and the profane are represented in the novel Green Grass, Running Water, by the Native American author from Cherokee tribe, Thomas King. The article analyses two moments in this narrative, where the figures of GOD/DOG, the mythological indigenous characters Changing Woman and First Woman, and the biblical characters with whom they interact (Noah and Adam) appear. We observe that the author, by using an ironic and fragmented narrative, mixes aspects from both indigenous and Judeo-Christian mythologies, while subverts and questions religious characters from these traditions, by using the Coyote trickster’s features.
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