Best known for their ritual use of peyote, the Huichol people of west-central Mexico carried much of their original belief system into the twentieth century una

"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 perta

The first substantial study of a Mexican Indian society that more than any other has preserved much of its ancient way of life and religion.

Folded plate (1 leaf, 39 x 61 cm, folded to 19 x 16 cm) in pocket.

Alphabetically listed entries identify and explain the characters, events, important places, and other aspects of South American and Meso-American mythology.