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.
Abstract
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.")
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Northern Mexico
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem
- Field Date
- no date given
- Coverage Date
- 1960-1990
- Coverage Place
- southern Sierra Madre Occidental (Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, and Zacatecas), Mexico
- Notes
- Denis Lemaistre ; translated from the French by Karin Simoneau
- for bibliographical references see document 23: [Schaefer and Furst]
- LCCN
- 95032453
- LCSH
- Huichol Indians