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Mythology Offers Good Arguments for Solving the Puzzle of Migration
Mythology Offers Good Arguments for Solving the Puzzle of Migration

Interview with Mexican Mythologist Martín Cuitzeo Domínguez Núñez

Author(s): Henri Zeigo
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum

Summary/Abstract: This year the Estonian Literay Museum organized the 13th Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology in cooperation with the Centre of Excellence in Estonian Studies. At the end of the conference I had a chance to conduct an interview with Mexican mythologist Martín Cuitzeo Domínguez Núñez, who works at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS), Mexico City. He is an expert on the astronomical culture of the Pa ipai people. Also, Domínguez Núñez is one of the organizers of the next international conference on comparative mythology. In this interview he talks about Mexican myths, reveals some details about the forthcoming conference, and draws parallels with Estonian mythology.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 76
  • Page Range: 179-186
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English