Peyote hunt : the sacred journey of the Huichol Indians
Barbara G. Myerhoff (Author)
"Ramón Medina Silva, a Huichol Indian shaman priest or mara'akame, instructed me in many of his culture's myths, rituals, and symbols, particularly those pertaining to the sacred untiy of deer, maize, and peyote. The significance of this constellation...
Print Book, English, 1974
Cornell University Press, Ithaca [N.Y.], 1974
285 pages : illustrations (black and white, and color) ; 22 cm.
9780801408175, 9780801491375, 0801408172, 0801491371
915695
Ramón and Lupe
Ethnographic and historical background
Huichol religion
The peyote hunt as an event
The deer-maize-peyote complex
The purpose and meaning of the peyote hunt