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Cosmologie et structuration de l'espace chez les Komo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2012

Wauthier de Mahieu
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La verticalité ne se prête qu'à une seule opposition fondamentale, celle entre le Haut et le Bas. Pour saisir pleinement la portée de sa symbolisation, il importe de savoir d'abord comment les Komo se represéntent le Haut et les phénomènes qu'ils y voient.

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Africa , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , July 1975, pp. 236 - 257
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Copyright © International African Institute 1975

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