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The loom and time in the Huichol world
Journal of Latin American Lore • 15 (2) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 179-194
By: Schaefer, Stacy B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document investigates the significance of the loom in mythology and the concept of time. The Huichol Goddess of Creation formed the present universe and learned weaving from the spider, passing the knowledge on to the Huichol Earth Goddess so that she and the other gods could find the way to Virikuta, the sacred peyote desert. Thus, the loom was made part of the deer, corn and peyote complex through which the Huichol seek visions and an understanding of existence.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Mythology
- Mythology
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Ordering of time
- Ethnometeorology
- Rest days and holidays
- Ethnopsychology
- Visual arts
- Clothing manufacture
- 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
- article
- 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
- 1985-1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1967-1987
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Andrés Cohamiata, Jalisco, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Stacy Schaefer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-194)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75648807
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Huichol Indians