Amerindian cycle of the "suppressed laughter"

Though the transgressor himself is characterized by ‘sacred’ laughter, the Amerindian cycle of the "suppressed laughter" reveals that it is only by not laughing at the burlesque behavior of the jaguar, monkey, bat or other theriomorph of the transgressor, that the future culture-hero qualifies to receive the initiatic secrets of the tribal society . See also the citation from Abhinava that serves as the caption of my contribution to Criminal Gods .