Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Under the Shade of Thipaak: The Ethnoecology of Cycads in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean by Michael D. Carrasco et al. (review). |
| Authors: |
Voeks, Robert1 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Journal of Latin American Geography. Dec2022, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p1-4. 4p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*CYCADS, *ENDANGERED plants, *USEFUL plants, *PERMIAN-Triassic boundary |
| Geographic Terms: |
CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL America |
| Abstract: |
In South Africa, the Rain Queens (hereditary rainmakers of Limpopo Province) operate in lush gardens festooned by one of the world's largest cycads (Mudjadji's cycad, I Encephalartos transvenosus i ). For the Huastecan Nahua, "Cycads were the maize eaten by the ancestors and were transformed into maize" (p. 235). In Teenek villages in the Sierra Madre Occidental, for example, he reports that cycads are rarely used for food, but that they are believed to be "maize guardians" with the power to "pull down" clouds (p. 226) to provide moisture for the milpa. [Extracted from the article] |
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