Book
Peyote hunt: the sacred journey of the Huichol Indians
Cornell University Press • Ithaca [n.y.] • Published In 1974 • Pages: 285
By: Myerhoff, Barbara G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document explores the cultural significance of Huichol myths, rituals, and symbols—particularly those pertaining to the sacred unity of deer, maize, and peyote—based on interviews with a Huichol shaman and the author’s own participation in a peyote pilgrimage to the original homeland of Huichol deities and founding ancestors. Pilgrims mystically join the ancient world, a place where divisions dissolve between sexes, ages, leaders and led, men and animals, plants and animals, and men and demigods. This ritual complex is credited with maintaining Huichol natural and cultural orders.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- General character of religion
- Congregations
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Religious experience
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Mythology
- Cosmology
- Revelation and divination
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Ecstatic religious practices
- Transmission of beliefs
- Observation in research
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Huichol
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2015
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1965-1967
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1902-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Sierra Madre Occidental (Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, and Zacatecas), Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Barbara G. Myerhoff
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-275) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73016923
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Huichol Indians--Religion
- Peyotism--Mexico