essay
Wolf power and interspecies communication in Huichol shamanism
people of the peyote: huichol indian history, religion, & survival • Albuquerque • Published In 1996 • Pages: 267-305
By: Valadez, Susana.
Abstract
This document discusses aspects of traditional Huichol religion involving the identification of wolves with shamans. The power of transformation into a wolf is held by only the most exceptional shamans. This special, "shape-shifting" relationship with the wolf is a means of comprehending and re-forming the divine world prior to the separation of humans from the animal realm. (For non-English terms see Schaefer [1996] "Glossary." For references cited see Schaefer and Furst [1996] "Bibliography.")
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Northern Mexico
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2015
- Field Date
- 1984-1993
- Coverage Date
- 1902-1993
- Coverage Place
- southern Sierra Madre Occidental (Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, and Zacatecas), Mexico
- Notes
- Susana Eger Valadez
- for bibliographical references see document 23: [Schaefer and Furst]
- LCCN
- 95032453
- LCSH
- Huichol Indians