essay
The shaman who defeated etsá sickness (smallpox): traditional Huichol medicine in the twentieth century
people of the peyote: huichol indian history, religion, & survival • Albuquerque • Published In 1996 • Pages: 208-231
By: Casillas Romo, Armando, Chávez, Carlos.
Abstract
This ethnolinguistic study looks at ways the Huichol classify disease and employ remedial therapeutics. It shows that the Huichol use suffixes and prefixes that convey specific states of malaise or illness, be they physical, mental, or spiritual. These are used in conjunction with words identifying the nature or origin of several categories of illness. Huichol healing methods involve the use of a range of herbal medicine in combination with practical therapeutics of shamans and the direct participation of the gods, the ancestors, patients’ families, the patients themselves, and potent places and objects. (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 Types
- Physician
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem
- Field Date
- no date given
- Coverage Date
- 1965-1970
- Coverage Place
- southern Sierra Madre Occidental (Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, and Zacatecas), Mexico
- Notes
- Armando Casillas Romo, M.D., in collaboration with Carlos Chávez
- for bibliographical references see document 23: [Schaefer and Furst]
- LCCN
- 95032453
- LCSH
- Huichol Indians