The Myth and the intercultural elements of Religions

Abstract

The essay that follows maintains that myth is a base element in the structure of religion, through the production of meaning by means of rite and ethos. In the first place, the functionalist conception around the myth will be exposed, explaining from Malinowski, the fundamental role that it plays in terms of culture. Next, the contribution to the understanding of mythical structures theorized by Claude Lévi-Strauss will be reviewed. Demonstrating, through the particular example of the myth of the twins, the reiteration of the myth of fratricidal violence within the culture.