Abstract / Synopsis
This article demonstrates that “The Raven Legend”, a Haida myth transcribed by Franz Boas in 1888, is full of (ethno)mathematical concepts that Haida society used to make sense of the natural, real world. Calculus can be used to model several segments of the story since the narrative relied heavily on ideas that a mathematician would identify as the concepts of infinity and mathematical limits.
DOI
10.5642/jhummath.202102.03
Recommended Citation
Veselin Jungic, "Mathematics and Magic Realism: A Study of "The Raven Legend"," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 11 Issue 2 (July 2021), pages 5-17. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.202102.03. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol11/iss2/3
