híkuli?

[Christer Johansson]

Hi all.

I just wounder how to translate the word híkuli mentioned in artikles about Epithelantha micromeris and Lophophora williamsii? What does híkuli mean?

http://www.entheology.org/edoto/anmviewer.asp?a=48&z=6

Thanks for reading this.

/Chrizz

[phil_SK]

hikuli mulato seems to be = dark skinned peyote.
Source: http://www.v72.org/sacred_plants.htm

[peterb]

hikuli is the indigenous word for peyote. If you are interested in this topic, I highly recommend Anderson's _Peyote: The Divine Cactus_.

peterb

[Christer Johansson]

Hmmm, that's what I figure In Swedish we call Lophophora williamsii (translated) "poison cacti", that's why I asked Peyote is not a used word in Swedish, so I'm stuck

Thanks anyway folks

/Chrizz

[mavaz]

Hi Chrizz:

"Hikuri" is the name for Lophophora williamsi for the indigenous people of North of Mexico.
I guess that the vocable "Hikuli" is a deformation of the word "Hikuri". In Huichol language is the name of peyote Lophophora williamsii, a sacred plant for this people. "Huichol" are the name of a indigenous people living in north central Mexico. In the link that you sent, it says the word belong to the Tarahumara People (a more northen indigenous people). Both, Tarahumara and Huichol languages, belong to the Uto-Aztec group, so it?s the same vocable.