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Huichol conceptions of the soul
Folklore Americas • 27 (2) • Published In 1967 • Pages: 39-106
By: Furst, Peter T..
Abstract
During fieldwork conducted in the mid-1960s the author found that traditional Huichol religion remained fundamentally unaltered by Christian influence. The Huichol continued to recognize a number of pre-Christian gods, divine beings, ancestral spirits, and ”owners” or spirits of animals and plants believed to govern both the fertility of the land and the welfare of individuals and families. Descriptions are given of burial practices and healing rituals in which guardian spirits and ancestral souls are personified and beseeched. As in pre-Christian times, the [n]mara'akáme[n] (shaman) continued to play important roles in mediating the powers of these supernatural beings.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Northern Mexico
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem
- Field Date
- 1965-1967
- Coverage Date
- 1965-1967
- Coverage Place
- southern Sierra Madre Occidental (Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, and Zacatecas), Mexico
- Notes
- Peter T. Furst
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-106)
- LCCN
- 58001895
- LCSH
- Huichol Indians