Myth and historical event: the relations between myth and history in Eliade and Girard's theories

This article starts from the assumption of the retaking of myths as texts of culture since the second half of the 20th century, to analyze the theories of the philosophers Eliade and Girard in relation to the idea of historical event and time as implied in the mythical narratives. The purpose is to comprehend the concept of historical event that the authors have in mind when they deal with the facts behind the mythological texts. The study is a comparative analysis between the authors' most central ideas regarding myth and history. The analysis allows presenting a minimum parallel between Eliade's "primordial time" as the original moment of the mythical events, and the "historical facts" of persecution as foundation of the myths according to Girard's view.