Tatewari

Huichol Grandfather Fire, eldest god and the first shaman.

Domains

• fire
• shamanic healing

Powers

• Acts as the first shaman and patron of healers
• Led the first pilgrimage to Wirikuta for peyote

Epithets

• Tatewarí latin · Tatewari · oralOur Grandfather Fire; the oldest god and the first shaman, who guides the peyote pilgrimageCarl Lumholtz, Unknown Mexico; Barbara Myerhoff, Peyote Hunt (secondary)

Relations

• companion: KauyumariReciprocal of huichol_kauyumari.companion — The 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)