essay
The deer that is peyote and the deer that is maize: the hunt in the Huichol "trinity"
People of the peyote: Huichol Indian history, religion, & survival • Albuquerque • Published In 1996 • Pages: 309-329
By: Lemaistre, Denis, Simoneau, Karin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses links between deer and peyote in Huichol mythology. Maize, peyote and deer constitute the three fundamental elements in Huichol religion and collective identity. Much of the discussion in this document is devoted to seasonal Huichol ritual hunts in which the identities of peyote, deer, and maize are inter-related. In this scheme, maize is seen as both the blood of the deer and the "very child" of peyote, while peyote is considered powder from the deer's antlers. (For non-English terms see Schaefer [1996] "Glossary." For references cited see Schaefer and Furst [1996] "Bibliography.")
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mythology
- Animism
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- Sacred objects and places
- Congregations
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Hunting and trapping
- Eating
- General character of religion
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-1990
- 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
- Denis Lemaistre ; translated from the French by Karin Simoneau
- for bibliographical references see document 23: [Schaefer and Furst]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95032453
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Huichol Indians