# Huichol religious specialists read motifs in ways that fit the reading

> A Huichol mara'akame who visited the panel in 2010 read the crenellated band as the ocean, a metaphor Boyd links to the world serpent and the underworld…

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# Huichol religious specialists read motifs in ways that fit the reading

A Huichol mara'akame who visited the panel in 2010 read the crenellated band as the ocean, a metaphor Boyd links to the world serpent and the underworld, and Huichol shamans later shown printouts named the central figure Kauyumari and spoke of a time before the sun was born.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[A planned narrative of creation: the birth of the sun and the beginning of time](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/answers/ANS0DCKQ96HTJN3/a-planned-narrative-of-creation-the-birth-of-the-sun-and-the)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Huichol religious specialists read motifs in ways that fit the reading [Evidence EVD0DCKRGHS6YR1]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCKRGHS6YR1
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