The maguey, a sacred plant in Mesoamerican religion
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https://doi.org/10.15381/antropologia.v0i7.19936Keywords:
maguey, Mesoamerican religionAbstract
In the Mesoamerican universe, plants had a sacred character, many plants were even deified. The maguey became Mayahuel goddess, represented in the codices as a deity childbearing nursed their children with the divine liquid extracted from the maguey: the pulque. The maguey plant has been used for medicinal purposes, food, rituals, and utilities from pre-Hispanic times until the twenty-first century. Today is still revered and used by groups of central Mexico.
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