Towards a universal tradition ? The Chulupi myth

Jean-Louis Brun presents here a South American myth, the myth of people of Chulupi. Based on the works of the ethnologist Pierre Clastres who gathered in a book edited in 1966, 73 stories which form the entire corpus of the the mythology of the Chulupis.  A mythology rich of strong images and very harsh descriptions.  Described as muscled and brave, gatherers, hunters and practicing Shamanism, the Chulupis live in a large oblong region with a severe and contrasting climate, located between Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina (the Gran Chaco). To illustrate its paradigm, Jean-Louis Brun tells us the story of the hero Kufahl.