# Powell 2017: Reading the White Shaman Mural

> Eric A. Powell, 2017. 9 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The figures as Boyd names them and the reception of her reading.

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# Reading the White Shaman Mural

Eric A. Powell, 2017. _Archaeology, November/December 2017_.

Magazine feature that walks through Boyd's identifications of the mural's figures (the five black ancestor figures, the headless white figure, the serpent-catfish, the antlered deer, the Dawn Mountain arch) and gives the panel as about 13 feet tall and 26 feet wide. Quotes Harry Shafer in support and Carolyn Tate calling the links provocative but not conclusive, and reports that some researchers doubt linking myths separated by thousands of years.

**White Shaman MuralTertiary source** ArticleChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The figures as Boyd names them and the reception of her reading.

## Cited by on this site 9 records

[Figure-by-figure correspondences with Huichol and Nahua myth](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/evidence/EVD0DCKRFZNSAP8/figure-by-figure-correspondences-with-huichol-and-nahua-myth)

Evidence

EVD

[Outside specialists find the reading persuasive](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/evidence/EVD0DCKS34H1M2X/outside-specialists-find-the-reading-persuasive)

Evidence

EVD

[Specialists call the links provocative but not conclusive](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/evidence/EVD0DCKS2VYCS4F/specialists-call-the-links-provocative-but-not-conclusive)

Evidence

EVD

[The analogy spans thousands of years and draws on selected sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/evidence/EVD0DCKRH59XYX4/the-analogy-spans-thousands-of-years-and-draws-on-selected)

Evidence

EVD

[Carolyn Boyd founds Shumla in Comstock](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/events/EVT0DCKN7EQQWYK/carolyn-boyd-founds-shumla-in-comstock)

EVT

[Carolyn E. Boyd](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/people/FIG0DCKKXTT13A0/carolyn-e-boyd)

FIG

[The White Shaman Mural](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural)

The mystery article

MYS

[Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/organisations/ORG0DCKMJ32KKAX/shumla-archaeological-research-education-center)

ORG

[Comstock, Val Verde County, Texas](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/places/PLC0DCKKGR9VR2V/comstock-val-verde-county-texas)

PLC

## Cite it

```
Powell, E. A. (2017). Reading the White Shaman Mural. Archaeology, November/December 2017. https://archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2017/features/reading-the-white-shaman-mural/
```

[Read it free at archaeology.org](https://archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2017/features/reading-the-white-shaman-mural/)

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