The importance of the mythology of the orixás to the development of the Umbandist imaginary

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https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.1982-6605.2022v19n1.62312

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 This article aims to analyze the mythology of the orixás and the development of the umbandist imaginary, its archetypes, signs, and symbols. The orixás are deities of the Yoruba pantheon worshipped in African and Afro-Diasporic religions, such as Umbanda and Candomblé. The analysis of the mythology of the orixás was carried out by documentary research. From a universe of 301 myths of 32 orixás, the analysis of myths referring to nine Orixás worshiped in Umbanda was privileged: Ogum, Oxóssi, Nanã, Obaluaiê, Xangô, Iansã, Oxum, Iemanjá and Oxalá. The symbolic interpretation of myths allows the understanding of the archetypes and meanings present in them. Mythology has, thus, a symbolic power in the development of the social imaginary, besides being important for the understanding of the world.

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Giulia Cerqueira Mares Esposito, Universidade Anhembi Morumbi

Bacharel em Turismo pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, mestranda em Hospitalidade pela Universidade Anhembi Morumbi. 

Sênia Regina Bastos, Universidade Anhembi Morumbi

Sênia Regina Bastos, Bacharel, Mestre e Doutora em História pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Professora do programa de Pós Graduação Mestrado e Doutorado em Hospitalidade da Universidade Anhembi Morumbi. Áreas de pesquisa: Hospitalidade, turismo, patrimônio, imigração. 

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2023-05-18

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CERQUEIRA MARES ESPOSITO, Giulia; BASTOS, Sênia Regina. The importance of the mythology of the orixás to the development of the Umbandist imaginary. Religare, [S. l.], v. 19, n. 1, p. 7–22, 2023. DOI: 10.22478/ufpb.1982-6605.2022v19n1.62312. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/religare/article/view/62312. Acesso em: 16 aug. 2026.

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