30.4720, Books: Picietl-tobacco: Divine plant of the Aztecs: Elferink

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:25:20
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: Picietl-tobacco: Divine plant of the Aztecs: Elferink

 


Title: Picietl-tobacco: Divine plant of the Aztecs 
Subtitle: The role of tobacco in religion, social life and medicine of the Nahuas 
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Anthropology 22  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: lincom-shop.eu/LiSA-22-Picietl-tobacco-Divine-plant-of-the-Aztecs/en 


Author: Jan Elferink

Hardback: ISBN:  9783862889907 Pages: 260 Price: Europe EURO 156


Abstract:

Among the many pre-Columbian civilizations of America the tobacco plant was
highly valued, but there were few civilizations where the plant was so highly
appreciated as among the Aztecs in Mexico. Here the plant was called picietl,
and it played a major role in many aspects of Aztec society, including
medicine, religion and magic. The smoking of picietl-tobacco for recreational
purposes, however, was strongly restricted and limited to members of the
elite, because the use of the smoking tube, which was the device to smoke
picietl, was a privilege of the upper social classes. The book dedicates
attention to a number of aspects of the use of picietl among the Aztecs. It
was one of the most important and frequently used medicines against a number
of ailments with stress on the treatment of pain. The cure of some diseases
had a magic religious background.

The Aztecs considered picietl as a divine plant that was invoked in medical
incantations and at the same time applied to the body. Among the
religious-magic applications was further its use in divination, because the
picietl possessed psychoactive properties. The difference in attitude and
applications of picietl-tobacco among the Aztecs and that of tobacco in modern
times is discussed.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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