Literature jino

According to his "Myth of the Creation" the humanity was generated from two brothers, who after marrying for divine order, receive a magic cane of which the different types of men finish with going out.
The most famous work of the Jino is "Bogelei or Song of Love", a romantic poem that describes the love of two young people who know each other from children, and the ceremony of the marriage and everything what it takes with it. They have numerous myths on his origin and ancient history.

In "Amoyaobai" the creation of the world takes place from this deity feminina, a "giant of big inexhaustible force". His role is more civilizing heroine than of creator in strict sense. She does not believe to the world, but it creates the man and organizes his relation with the animals. It finishes with the seven suns, establishes the calendar, and the ethnic divisions. It teaches the plantation of the rice, etc.

Atui, is the excellent rascal of the humorous story jino. Although in some anthologies it always appears laughing at the rich ones and at the powerful ones, in fact his humor is much more natural and less politicized, as it corresponds to an egalitarian society as the jino.

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