Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
Tzeltal Rebelion and Syncretism
Horse, Not Saint Santiago
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Image of Santiago in the Church of Tupataro, Michoacán.
The votives are hung around the horse, not the saint: horse worship.
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Ernest Gruening, "Mexico and Its Heritage",
D.Appleton-Century, New York, 1940, p. 249 (facing page).
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