Humans and animals in the generation of vipers: an approach to mythical existence among the population of Puna

The purpose of this article is to clarify the meaning of the universal deluge in the worldview of the inhabitants of Puna of Jujuy in Argentina. This also throws light on the juridical background from which models of behavior, which affect actual situations in life, develop. These basic conceptual assumptions suggest that Christian ways of thinking and traditional indigenous elements of belief merge together and, as a result, give new vigor to present-day ideas of religion. In the same fashion, Christian personalities are linked with lokal ones in such a way that the basic preferences of values, which both bring to the linkage, are notably strengthened. Reprinted by permission of Anthropos Institut