essay
The cosmos contained: the temple where sun and moon meet
People of the peyote: Huichol Indian history, religion, & survival • Albuquerque • Published In 1996 • Pages: 39-106
By: Schaefer, Stacy B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document identifies two broad cultural meanings that enable the Huichol to maintain their traditions, centered on the temple as microcosm. Firstly, Huichol identity is maintained though ceremonial activities and the temple cargos. Secondly, balance in the cosmos and harmony for all in the world is secured through the ceremonies and by caring for the temple. (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
- Congregations
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Organized ceremonial
- Religious and educational structures
- Architecture
- Building interiors and arrangement
- Ethnometeorology
- Animism
- Cosmology
- Mythology
- Priesthood
- Religious experience
- Settlement patterns
- Acculturation and culture contact
- 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.
- 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
- 1984-1991
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1984-1991
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Andrés Cohamiata and San José, Jalisco, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Stacy B. Schaefer
- for bibliographical references see document 23: [Schaefer and Furst]
- Includes bibliographical references (p.103-106)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95032453
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Huichol Indians