There are
four main ways to classify pilgrimages: prototypical, archaic, medieval, and
modern pilgrimages. Prototypical pilgrimages were established by a founder of a
historical religion or by individuals that are quite important to the religion.
If not started by the founder, the individuals be a prominent in the religion
and be able to be backed by the populous of the religion. The second type of
pilgrimage, archaic, is when the pilgrimages have evidence of syncretism with
other religious symbols. An example of this is Chalma in Mexico, which has
obvious Ocuiltecan and Aztec adornments. Next we have the medieval pilgrimages,
which explain themselves. They took place during the Middle Ages and are mainly
located in Europe. The last pilgrimages are modern pilgrimages. These pilgrimages
tend to have very devotional tones and take place during the post-Darwinian era.
Not necessarily meaning the time we live in now, but the time that occurred
after the Middle Ages up until now. These different characteristics of
pilgrimages have allowed the definition to broaden and allowed more research to
be done on the topic.
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