The starting point for inquiry is the identification of a "key myth," which in this case is that of the Bororo people.
Opposing the ideas of Vladimir Propp, this work replaces the "syntagmatic sequence" with the "paradigmatic sequence" in its analysis of the Kayapo. Part four of this work, "Well Tempered Astronomy," discusses the Pleiades and the Rainbow. This work is set up according to a musical progression, beginning with the "Overture," and contains such chapters as "The 'Good Manners' Sonata' and "Chromatic Piece."  The starting point for inquiry is the identification of a "key myth," which in this case is that of the Bororo people. Using poison as an example of what the author calls "the point of isomorphic coincidence between nature and culture," this work proposes a thematic link between the title entities as encompassing the opposition of natural and social forces. FTP, identify this 1964 work of structuralist anthropology, the first volume of the four volume Mythologiques, which was written by Claude L?i-Strauss and whose title refers to two ways in which food might be consumed.
Opposing the ideas of Vladimir Propp, this work replaces the "syntagmatic sequence" with the "paradigmatic sequence" in its analysis of the Kayapo.
The Raw and the Cooked or Le Cru et le cuit (prompt on "Mythologiques" before it is mentioned)