Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

superposición/sobreponerse

English translation:

superimposition/superimpose itself

Added to glossary by schmetterlich
May 30, 2017 06:01
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Spanish term

superposición/sobreponerse

Spanish to English Art/Literary History Mitos del origen de los Incas
Si comparamos las dos versiones encontraremos diferencias que evidencian una superposición de mitos relacionados con Huanacaure, en la que una versión postrera reemplaza a una originaria.
La desautorización del Huanacaure-Huari, significó que el nuevo Huanacaure-Hurin o Colla, tuvo que sobreponerse cronológicamente sobre el anterior.

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superimposition/superimpose itself

I think the literal translation works well here.
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agree Muriel Vasconcellos
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agree franglish
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agree Marie Wilson
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overlaying

https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0773596321
John A. Hall, ‎Ove Korsgaard, ‎Ove K. Pedersen - 2014 - ‎History
In such cases, there occurs what John Hutchinson terms a “mythic overlaying,” whereby later myths cover over, but do not obliterate, the earlier ethno-religious ...
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agree Charles Davis : I prefer overlay(ing) here.
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thanks, Charles
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