The Mazatec are an indigenous people who inhabit an area of the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, close to the border with Puebla and Veracruz. They are related to the Mixtec and the Otomi. Oaxaca is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ... The Mexican state of Puebla is located in the center of the country, to the east of Mexico City. ... Veracruz is the name of both a state in Mexico and that states largest city. ... Codex Zouche-Nuttall, a pre-Columbian piece of Mixtec writing, now in the British Museum The Mixtec (or Mixteca) are a Native American people centered in the Oaxaca state of Mexico. ... The Otomí are a Native American people living in the central plateau region of Mexico. ...

Their name comes from the relative closeness to the town of Mazatlán, Oaxaca, and the early Spanish explorers' naming them accordingly. "Mazatlán" itself is a Nahuatl name, meaning "place of deer". Nahuatl is a native language of central Mexico. ...

They are a "humble" people, and often refer to themselves as such.

Mazatecs are most known for their cultivation, and spiritual/traditional use, of the sage salvia divinorum (diviners' sage), morning glory seeds and psilocybe mushrooms. See Mazatec shamans Binomial name Salvia divinorum Salvia divinorum (also known as diviners sage, ska María Pastora or simply salvia) is a psychoactive plant, a member of the sage genus and the Lamiaceae (mint) family. ... Species See text. ... Mazatec Shamans are known for their cultivation and spiritual use of the plant salvia divinorum, morning glory seeds and so called magic mushrooms. One of the best known of the Mazatec Shamans would be Maria Sabina. ...

The Mazatecs' religion is a synthesis of both traditional beliefs and Christian beliefs brought by the Spanish conquistadors. This accounts for their naming of such entheogens as salvia divinorum Ska María Pastora, "María" being a reference to the Christian Virgin Mary. Entheogens are psychoactive substances that have traditionally been used in a religious context, such as psilocybin-containing mushrooms and Peyote cactuses. ... Binomial name Salvia divinorum Salvia divinorum (also known as diviners sage, ska María Pastora or simply salvia) is a psychoactive plant, a member of the sage genus and the Lamiaceae (mint) family. ... Binomial name Salvia divinorum Salvia divinorum (also known as diviners sage or simply salvia) is a psychoactive plant, a member of the sage genus and the Lamiaceae (mint) family. ... Blessed Virgin Mary A traditional Catholic picture sometimes displayed in homes. ...

The Mazatecs speak the Mazateco language, a member of the Popoloca-Mazateco family. The Mazateco language is the native language of the Mazatec peoples of Oaxaca, Mexico. ...