Resumen
Resumen de Ubirajara
Ubirajara de un vistazo
Resumen: 8 min de lectura
- Tiempo de lectura
- Unas 2 h 25 min1 h 55 min fast, 2 h 55 min slow
- Duración
- 34.500 palabras
- Nivel en la biblioteca
- Exigente long sentences, a rich vocabulary
- Primera publicación
- 1874by José Martiniano de Alencar
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Para quién es
Readers who love heroic duels, feasts, forest imagery and songs will enjoy this tale of honor, hospitality and first love. It also suits those drawn to Brazilian literature and the old Tupi world.
De qué trata este libro
Why would a young man walk three days across a plain, bow forgotten on his shoulder, just to find someone who might kill him? Jaguarê has beaten jaguars so often that those victories no longer satisfy him. He wants an enemy worthy of his arm, and a warrior's name to go with it.
Ubirajara is a short Brazilian epic by José de Alencar. He wrote it to show the Tupi peoples as people of honor and fine manners, and to answer the chroniclers who had called them beasts. You hear a duel, a feast, a stranger welcomed into a hut, a wedding won through trials, and a war against a father-in-law.
En este resumen
- 1A hunter who wants an enemy worthy of himFree
- 2A duel ends with a new name
- 3The victory feast and the chief's great bow
- 4Jandira is sent to the prisoner
- 5A guest arrives who calls himself Jurandir
- 6Serving for a bride and winning her in trials
- 7The secret name and a war between father and son-in-law
- 8Honor, hospitality and two ways to love
- 9Songs, similes and the notes behind the legend
Idea clave 1 de 9
A hunter who wants an enemy worthy of him
The story opens on the bank of the great river. Jaguarê, a young hunter of the Araguaia nation, walks with his bow hanging unused. Deer play near him and he does not look at them.
He has reached the age when a hunter must become a warrior, and he must earn the title through a great deed. So he has left his village and Jandira, the maiden who keeps herself for him. Three times the sun has set behind the Aratuba mountains, and no enemy has answered his war cry. He carries a double-pointed spear of purple craúba wood, which he made himself.
Then a huntress crosses the plain chasing a doe. She is Arací, daughter of Itaquê, chief of the Tocantim nation. Her red leg band shows that no warrior has yet won her. She invites him to compete for her at her father's lodge. He refuses, because he came to win a name and not a maiden. The first to answer his call is Pojucan, chief warrior of the Tocantim. Their wrestling lasts through the night without either man falling.
A great name is only worth as much as the opponent who helps you earn it.
That’s 1 of 9 key points.
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Who’s who
- Ubirajara
- Young hunter of the Araguaia nation, first called Jaguarê, who seeks a worthy enemy and a warrior's name, then a bride.
- Pojucan
- Chief warrior of the Tocantim nation, the strongest man Jaguarê has met, who becomes his proud captive.
- Arací
- The morning star, a swift huntress and daughter of the Tocantim chief, who chooses her husband with her own heart.
- Jandira
- A maiden of the Araguaia who has kept herself for Jaguarê and cannot bear to share his love.
- Itaquê
- Great chief of the Tocantim nation, a warrior and weaver who holds hospitality as the most sacred law.
- Camacan
- Old chief of the Araguaia and father of Ubirajara, who once held the great bow of the nation.
- Jacamim
- Itaquê's wife, mother of Arací and Pojucan, who prepares the guest's feast and hides her grief with pride.
- Canicran
- Chief of the Tapuias, who comes to the Tocantim lands seeking vengeance for an outrage against his people.
About this edition
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- LengthAbout 34,500 words
- Reading timeAbout 2 h 25 min
- FormatseBook, large-print eBook, audiobook, 15-minute summary
- LanguagesEnglish and 12 other languages
Questions about Ubirajara
What is Ubirajara about?
It follows Jaguarê, a young Araguaia hunter who defeats the warrior Pojucan and takes the name Ubirajara. He then seeks the love of Arací, daughter of the Tocantim chief, and faces the claims of honor, hospitality and war.
What does the name Ubirajara mean?
Alencar explains it as lord of the spear, from the Tupi words for rod or spear and for lord. The hero takes it after winning with his own double-pointed spear, and it later names the united nation.
Who are Arací and Jandira?
Arací is the Tocantim chief's daughter, a fast huntress whose name means day star. Jandira is an Araguaia maiden whose name means honey bee. Both love Ubirajara, but they love him in different ways.
Cita esta edición
Alencar, José Martiniano de. Ubirajara. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/ubirajara.
Alencar, J. M. de. (2026). Ubirajara. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/ubirajara (Original work published 1874)
Alencar, José Martiniano de. Ubirajara. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/ubirajara.
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