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..
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Northern Mexico
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem
- Field Date
- 1965-1967
- Coverage Date
- 1902-1974
- Coverage Place
- southern Sierra Madre Occidental (Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, and Zacatecas), Mexico
- Notes
- Barbara G. Myerhoff
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-275) and index
- LCCN
- 73016923
- LCSH
- Huichol Indians--Religion
- Peyotism--Mexico