Abstract
In societies described as ´cold´ by Claude Lévi-Strauss, the historical dimension is coded into myths, traditions and rituals. When Lévi-Strauss says that ritual is an ´instrument for the destruction of time´ and talks about cold societies, which tend to banish history from the consciousness, it doesn´t mean that he is trying to overrule the laws of logic or physics (as he is accused) but attempting to see the world trough the eyes of a specific type of society and to understand time from the perspective of a ´native´.