Wixárika Mythology: Huichol Cosmovision and the Híkuri Pilgrimage
Channel: Mathias Warnes
Date: 2023-05-18

0:00 Introduction and Cultural History of the Wixárika
15:52 Intro to Wixárika Religion and Mythology
19:47 My First and the Second Journeys to Wirikuta (2002/2023)
29:09 Starting the Pilgrimage from San Blas to Wirikuta
35:52 Myth 3 in the Zingg: First Deer Journey Brings the Sun to the Sky
41:30 Our Journey to the Desert: Hunt for the Blue Deer
46:00 Peyote as Indigenous Medicine (Ethics of Participation)
52:00 Myth 3: First Deer Journey Brings the Sun to the Sky Cont'd
58:15 All-Night Híkuri Ceremony and Myth 1: Birth of Tatewarí
1:05:30 Wixárika Concept of the Sacred: Delicado (Tender/Delicate/Dangerous)
1:08:50 Contest of Fire (Tatewarí) and Water (Nakawé) and Opossum's Theft
1:14:00 Myth 2: The Sun Myth (Birth of the Sun, Animals of the Sun, Roles of Kauyumari)
1:26:15 Sub-myth: Jimson-Weed Shaman vs. Peyoteros Kauyumari (Kieri Shamanism)
1:29:34 The Peyote Dance: Híkuli Neiáli (Conclusion of the Sun Myth)
1:34:15 Back to our All-Night Híkuri Ceremony (and Matzuwa on Tatevarí)
1:39:55 Participant Report on the Ceremony and Reflections
1:40:10 Other Myths in the Zingg in the Module for this Week