[6] Hernandez, in Safford, _Aztec Narcotic_, 293. The very word itself means “mushroom!” Reko’s etymology for teo-nanacatl, “divine nourishment,” is unsound according to Whorf; and indeed, there is nothing of the edible _par excellence_ about fungi (see Schultes, _Peyote and Plants Used_, 136-37). [7] Siméon, in Safford, _Identification of Teo-nanacatl_, 400, 412. [8] de la Serna, _Manual de Ministros_, 261. [9] Cf. the Huichol peyote-gathering ritual and the wind which arises. [10] Safford, _Aztec Narcotic_, 291. Indeed in this short sub-chapter, Sahagún distinguishes and describes coatlxoxouhqui = ololiuhqui [its seeds] peyotl, tlapatl, tzintzintlapatl, mixitl, teo-nanacatl, tochtetepo, atlepatli, aquiztli, tenxoxoli and quimichpatli! Alarcón, _Tratado_, 131; also in Urbina, _El Peyote y el Ololhiuqui_, 27. [11] _Ritos Antiquos_; in Kingsborough, 9:17. Jourdenet and Siméon, translators of Sahagún, _Histoire général_, 738, have: “[Teo-nanacatl] c’est-à-dire: champignon dangereux. Le terme générique est nanacatl qui se met en composition avec d’autres mots pour désigner les diverses espèces de champignons.” [12] _Crónica Mexicana_; in Kingsborough, 9:153. The fact that _raw_ mushrooms are mentioned disposes of Safford’s supposition that _dried_ peyote buttons are meant. [13] Durán, _Historia de las Indias_, 564, quoted from Kingsborough’s _Mexican Antiquities_ by Bourke, _Scatological Rites_, 90. APPENDIX 4: “PLANT WORSHIP” IN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES Peyote is only one of several narcotics in the southern United States and Mexico which because of their physiological action find ritual and other uses. Since, in many of these, uses are related, there arises the problem of their possible historical relationship. In any case, it is illuminating to study the general background of attitudes out of which peyotism grew. CACTI The Tarahumari of northwestern Mexico, though their hikuli cult is less elaborate than that of the Huichol, have a complex of “worship” and use of several varieties of cacti. Besides hikuli wanamé (_Lophophora williamsii_) Lumholtz[1] lists the following: Mulato (a _Mammilaria_), believed to make the eyes large and clear to see sorcerers, to prolong life, and to give speed to runners who eat it.[2] Rosapara (a more advanced vegetative form of the same, but with many spines) which has very keen eyes for Tarahumari wrong-doing; it punishes by driving the offender mad, or throwing him down a precipice; “it is therefore very effective in frightening off bad people, especially robbers and Apaches.”[3] Sunami (_Mammilaria fissurata_),[4] rare, but even more powerful than wanamé, for it calls soldiers to its aid. The drink produced from it is strongly intoxicating. Deer cannot run away from you, nor bears harm you when carrying this cactus.[5]