Kauyumari
Huichol · demigod · mythic · Recorded classification
Huichol deer culture-hero and divine messenger, guide to the peyote.
Children
Domains
- deer spirit
- peyote
Powers
- Taught the people their customs and rituals
- Leads pilgrims to the peyote as the deer
- Carries messages between humans and the gods
Epithets
- Kauyumari The sacred Deer-Person and trickster, the shaman’s guide and the spirit of peyoteBarbara Myerhoff, Peyote Hunt (secondary)
Relations
- companion: TatewariThe Sacred Deer Person is the helper and constant companion of Grandfather Fire, the first shaman, on the primordial peyote hunt to Wirikuta.Barbara G. Myerhoff, Peyote Hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol Indians (1974) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Lumholtz (1900, 1902); Zingg (1938) (primary)