摘要：O presente estudo busca compreender a relação entre os mitos indígenas do fogo e de gênese humana e os romances Habitante irreal , do brasileiro Paulo Scott e The lesser blessed , do escritor indígena canadense Richard Van Camp.Ao longo das narrativas apresentadas nos dois textos literários analisados, duas personagens, Donato e Larry, constroem suas próprias histórias e sua identidade a partir da tradição oral derivada de sua ancestralidade esquecida, resgatando os mitos de gênese humana e do fogo criador em cada uma de suas respectivas nações e povos.Para tanto, a ideia de mito foi pensada não apenas a partir das lentes da teoria ocidental, mas especialmente a partir da própria visão indígena de mitologia.
其他摘要：The comparison between literary works written by indigenous and non-indigenous writers constitute a valuable field for questioning the encounter between western and indigenous cultures, from which results a heterogeneous literature as defined by Antonio Cornejo Polar. When indigenous works are written in the language of the colonizer, as is the case of literary works written in French and in English in Canada, they portray a heterogeneous reality in which indigenous people are forcefully integrated into the colonizing culture. At the same time, they point to singular possibilities to reconstruct identity by the recovery of traditional oral narratives, as we observe when we analyze the recovery of mythical narratives about fire and human genesis in the novels Habitante irreal (2011), by Brazilian writer Paulo Scott, and The lesser blessed (1996), by Indigenous Canadian writer Richard Van Camp. Although characters Donato and Larry are immersed in a reality impregnated with non-indigenous references, they are able to deconstruct traditional narratives and construct their own story as they re-signify collective myths so that they become personal narratives that unveil the violence against indigenous peoples in urban centers.
