READING MAIZE: A NARRATIVE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF DIVINATION IN MESOAMERICA.
The casting of maize seeds is a tool used by contemporary daykeepers in the Ayöök (Mixe) area of Oaxaca, Mexico, which along with the prognostications and prescriptions of the 260-day calendar, helps to cure illnesses and afflictions. This divinatory practice was also employed by precolonial tonalpo...
| Publicado en: | Journal for the Study of Religions & Ideologies Vol. 15; no. 43; pp. 102 - 125 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
S.A.C.R.I. The Academic Society for the Research of Religions & Ideologies
Spring2016
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |