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Huichol mythology /
"This volume is a collection of myths recorded by Robert Zingg in 1934 in the village of Tuxpan and is the most comprehensive record of Huichol mythology ever published. Zingg was the first professional anthropologist to study the Huichol, and his generosity toward them and political advocacy o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Español |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Jay C. Fikes, Phil C. Weigand, Acelia García de Weigand
- I. Myths of the dry season cycle
- A. The birth of Tatevalí (Grandfather Fire) and the contest of fire and water (Nakawé)
- B. The Sun myth
- 1. Sub-story : the Jimson-weed myth
- 2. Sub-story : Kauymáli counteracts the black-magic of Jimson-weed with peyote
- 3. Sub-story : Kauymáli vaccinates the people and brings the Sun back to the sky by his ceremony and singing
- C. First peyote (Deer) journey brings the Sun to the sky
- D. Myth of the Huichol temple (Túki)
- [1.] Sub-story : myth of the Huichol god-house
- E. Kauymáli helps the Sun win over the rain-goddesses in first getting deer's blood for the sacred paraphernalia
- F. Kauymáli, the Wolf-Man, is outsmarted but gets revenge
- 1. Sub-story : Kauymáli is outsmarted by the Moon
- 2. Sub-story : Kauymáli is outsmarted by Hortimán, the wind-devil
- G. Youth changes his affiliations from the sea-goddesses to the Sun-father and makes a vow to the wolf[-]people in order to catch deer.
- II. The wet season cycle of the mythology
- A. Keamukáme establishes the corn ceremonies and feasts
- B. The water-and-corn goddess, Kacíwali, and the ant-people
- C. Nakawé punishes [the] (god) people because the sea turtle is killed
- D. The corn myth
- 1. [Sub-story] : the creation of a race through the corn-people
- 2. [Sub-story] : the struggle of the Sun and Nakawé (dry and wet season) over creation
- a. Sun saves one boy from the toothed vaginas
- b. Nakawé destroys the race and the world by flood : the Huichol-Christian flood myth
- c. The origin of the Mexicans
- 3. [Sub-story] : Nakawé assigns the gods and the goddesses their names
- a. Ereno's child, Stuluwíakame [Huichol goddess of [birth], stolen and rescued
- b. The cave of Kacíwali
- c. The cave of Nakawé
- d. The assignment of Rapawíemi
- e. The continuation of Nakawé's work in dividing the world
- 4. [Sub-story] : the story of Duck-Boy, TumuSaúwi
- a. The origin of the Huichols by the removal of teeth from the vaginas of the women to be married to TumuSaúwi
- b. Kauymáli's usual sexual weakness brings death to the Huichols
- c. The birth, puberty, [and] first fruits ceremonies established
- d. Pálikata (Elder Brother?) saves TumuSaúwi's abandoned child, which becomes the water-goddess, Na'aliwaeme
- e. Na'aliwaeme gives increase of crops and cattle for the fulfillment of special vows
- f. Na'aliwaeme aids the survivor of black magic and punishes the unsuccessful Shamans
- E. The Snake-man's illicit love for the wife of a Huichol begets the first rain and curing singers of the Huichols
- F. "Mayor" Nasario, the orphan-boy, saves his brothers from the ghoul, Tukákame, but contaminated and changed to chipmunks, they bring insanity to the Huichols
- G. Death comes to the woman of the mythical pre-Huichol race, Eáwali, who loved bear and buzzard [origin of "death-bird" ghouls].
- III. The Christian myth cycle
- A. The bee-mother gives wax for candles
- 1. Sub-story : the domesticated bees (castil ítsic, H.)
- B. The birth of the saints
- 1. Sub-story : Santo Cristo and the Julios (Jews)
- 2. Sub-story : Santo Cristo leaves to establish the world and the customs of the Mexicans
- 3. Sub-story : the virgin of Guadalupe and San Jose
- C. The myth of Santo Cristo
- 1. Sub-story : Santo Cristo establishes metal and money
- 2. Sub-story : the Jews are punished by the sun for pursuing Santo Cristo
- 3. Sub-story : Santo Cristo makes cattle from wheat, etc.
- 4. Sub-story : the Sun battles Nakawé to save the world made by Santo Cristo
- 5. Sub-story : Santo Cristo establishes cattle ceremonies among the Huichols
- 6. Sub-story : Santo Cristo establishes the government as well as Carnival and Holy Week ceremonies among the Huichols
- 7. Sub-story : Santo Cristo prepares for death
- Epilogue / Jay C. Fikes.