MAKUNAIMA: UM HERÓI A SERVIÇO DA ORDEM SOCIAL.

This work presents Makunaima as the main character of the best-known and extensive oral legendary tradition of the inhabitants from the extreme north of South America, the triple border between Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana -etnographically designated as the circum-Roraima region, in order to examine the cultural role this character had before becoming the "heroe of our people" through the work of Mário de Andrade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]