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An Indigenous People of Mexico
The Mazatec are an
Indigenous people of Mexico who inhabit the
Sierra Mazateca in the state of
Oaxaca and some communities in the adjacent states of
Puebla and
Veracruz .
Language family
The
Mazatecan languages are part of the
Popolocan family which, in turn, is part of the
Otomanguean language family.
Traditional religious rituals
Mazatec tradition includes the cultivation of
entheogens for spiritual and ritualistic use. Plants and fungi used for this purpose include
psilocybin mushrooms , psychoactive
morning glory seeds (from species such as
Ipomoea tricolor and
Ipomoea corymbosa ), and
Salvia divinorum .
[1]
[2]
[3] This latter plant is known to
Mazatec shamans as ska María Pastora , the name containing a reference to the
Virgin Mary .
[2]
Notable Mazatecs
See also
Notes
References
Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America . Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, 4.
William Bright (series general ed.) (OUP paperback edition, 2000 ed.). New York:
Oxford University Press .
ISBN
978-0-19-509427-5 .
OCLC
32923907 .
CDI [Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas] (2004–2007).
"Mazatecos - Ha shuta Enima" . Información: Los pueblos indígenas de México (in Spanish). CDI. Archived from
the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-05-02 .
Karttunen, Frances E. (1994).
Between Worlds: Interpreters, Guides, and Survivors . New Brunswick, NJ:
Rutgers University Press .
ISBN
978-0-8135-2030-8 .
OCLC
28150669 .
Mooney, James (1911).
"Mazatec Indians" .
Catholic Encyclopedia . Vol. X (New Advent online reproduction ed.). New York: Robert Appleton and Company. Retrieved 2007-05-02 .
Valdés, Leander J., III; José Luis Díaz; Ara G. Paul (1983). "Ethnopharmacology of ska María Pastora (Salvia divinorum , Epling and Játiva-M)". Journal of Ethnopharmacology . 7 (3): 287–312.
doi :
10.1016/0378-8741(83)90004-1 .
hdl :
2027.42/25229 .
PMID
6876852 . {{
cite journal }}
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link )
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