Descripción

A chronological tour is made in this work about thepresence of the mythical in the first chronicles duringthe conquest and the American colony. The presence of imaginary elements that are constructing the visionof the otherness of the American Indian is posed.It highlights the most visible aspects of the way inwhich the chroniclers and the most publicized worksappear, which are, in short, those that build for theyears after the image and the supports of the originalAmerican cultures, on which they are developed, to alarge extent, the meanings and the vision of the otherin contemporary times. The methodology was basedon comparative literature. Preliminary conclusionsare presented, since this is an introduction to asystematic compilation of these period works.