Olokun en África y en Cuba. Cosmología afrocubana y tradición oral
Olokun in Africa and Cuba. Afro-Cuban cosmology and oral tradition

Summary/Abstract: This text tries to understand some elements of the Afro-Cuban ontology that of Yoruba origin, through the analysis of patakí (tales/legends) that tell the story of Olokun, the deity of the deep sea. For this, a comparison is carried out, first, between how their cult is manifested in Africa and in Cuba, to then analyze from a phenomenological point of view the patakí that are preserved on the Island. These patakí were collected from fieldwork carried out over several years in some provinces of the central-western region of Cuba. Olokun, in Cuba, is revealed as a representation of deepness, not only marine, but also psychological and a symbol of what is beyond the human, the rational and the understandable.

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