Wixárika religion

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Wixárika religion is the traditional spiritual belief system of the Wixárika (Huichol) people of Mexico, centered on shamanism, peyote rituals, and a deep reverence for nature and ancestral deities.

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Label Occurrences
Wixárika religion canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican religion ⓘ
ethnic religion ⓘ
indigenous religion ⓘ
shamanic tradition ⓘ
associatedArtForm beadwork ⓘ
ritual music and chanting ⓘ
yarn paintings ⓘ
calendarFeature agricultural ritual cycle ⓘ
ceremonies linked to maize cultivation ⓘ
centralElement ancestor veneration ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
peyote rituals ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
coreMyth creation of the world through the journey of the first pilgrims ⓘ
origin of peyote in Wirikuta ⓘ
ethicalFocus fulfillment of ritual obligations ⓘ
reciprocity with deities and nature ⓘ
follows Wixárika cosmology ⓘ
hasConcept deer, maize and peyote as a sacred triad ⓘ
peyote as embodiment of divine knowledge ⓘ
pilgrimage as re-enactment of primordial journey ⓘ
hasDeity Kauyumari ⓘ
Takutsi Nakawe ⓘ
Tatei Haramara ⓘ
Tatei Matinieri ⓘ
Tatei Niwetsika ⓘ
Tatei Yurienaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tatewari ⓘ
Tayau ⓘ
hasPrimaryRegion Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
states of Jalisco, Nayarit, Durango and Zacatecas in Mexico ⓘ
hasRitual deer hunt rituals ⓘ
night-long peyote ceremonies ⓘ
offerings of candles, arrows and gourds ⓘ
peyote pilgrimage to Wirikuta ⓘ
rain-calling ceremonies ⓘ
hasSacredSite Haramara ⓘ
Teakata ⓘ
Teekata (Tatei Kie) ceremonial center ⓘ
Wirikuta sacred land ⓘ
surface form: Wirikuta
practicedBy Huichol ⓘ
surface form: Huichol people

Wixárika people ⓘ
ritualSpecialist mara’akame ⓘ
ritualSpecialistRole diviner ⓘ
healer ⓘ
shaman ⓘ
singer of sacred songs ⓘ
sacredAnimal deer ⓘ
sacredDirection center ⓘ
east ⓘ
north ⓘ
south ⓘ
west ⓘ
sacredObject candles ⓘ
feathered arrows ⓘ
god’s eye (Ojo de Dios) ⓘ
gourds ⓘ
sacredPlant peyote ⓘ
surface form: Lophophora williamsii
sacredSymbol nierika ⓘ
transmissionMethod oral tradition ⓘ
usesSacredPlant peyote ⓘ
worldviewFeature animism ⓘ
belief that mountains, rivers and animals have spirits ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Huichol → hasCulturalAssociation → Wixárika religion ⓘ