Abstract

BARRETO, Robenilson Moura  and  CECCARELLI, Paulo Roberto. Myths and representativeness: the expression of sexuality in african cultures. Reverso [online]. 2019, vol.41, n.78, pp. 79-87. ISSN 0102-7395.

The creation myth of the Yoruba nation brings to psychoanalysis reflections of clinical practice in the cultural context of African origin. Sexuality in some African nations are part of their creation stories. Igbá-odu (gourd of creation) is represented by Orixá Odudua, female principle, the lower half of the gourd, and Obatalá or Oxalá, male principle, the upper half of the head. Unlike Western culture, the article points to inflections in the direction of Yoruba culture in which human sexuality occupies the central part of the life of these peoples

Keywords : Sexuality; Myth; African Nation.

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