Pilgrimage to Broken Mountain: Nahua Sacred Journeys in Mexico's Huasteca Veracruzana

by Alan R. Sandstrom and Pamela Effrein Sandstrom

An ethnographic study based on decades of field research, Pilgrimage to Broken Mountain explores five sacred journeys to the peaks of venerated mountains undertaken by Nahua people living in northern Veracruz, Mexico. Punctuated with elaborate ritual offerings dedicated to the forces responsible for rain, seeds, crop fertility, and the well-being of all people, these pilgrimages are the highest and most elaborate form of Nahua devotion and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164642350X
• ISBN13: 9781646423507
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.7" x 11.0"