Title Peyote hunt : the sacred journey of the Huichol Indians / Barbara G. Myerhoff

Published Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 1974

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Description 285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Series Symbol, myth, and ritual series Symbol, myth, and ritual series. Contents 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 Analysis Huichol Indians Religion Peyotism Mexico Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 265-275 Subject Huichol Indians -- Religion and mythology Huichol Indians -- Religion. Indians of Mexico -- Sierra Madre Occidental Peyotism -- Mexico. Indians, North American. Mescaline. Religion. LC no. 73016923 ISBN 0801408172 0801491371 (paperback)

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