1st Edition
Icons of Power Feline Symbolism in the Americas
Edited By Nicholas J. Saunders
Copyright 1998
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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Icons of Power investigates why the image of the cat has been such a potent symbol in the art, religion and mythology of indigenous American cultures for three thousand years. The jaguar and the puma epitomize ideas of sacrifice, cannibalism, war, and status in a startling array of graphic and enduring images. Natural and supernatural felines inhabit a shape-shifting world of sorcery and... Read more
1 Introduction: Icons of power 2 Architecture of symbolism: The feline image 3 The lord, the ruler: Jaguar symbolism in the Americas 4 The Felidae in Pre-Columbian Panama: A thematic approach to their imagery and symbolism 5 Feline symbolism and material culture in prehistoric Colombia 6 The jaguar of the backward glance 7 Paragon or peril? The jaguar in Amazonian Indian society 8 Felines, patronyms and history of the Araucanians in the southern Andes 9 Mountain Lions and Pueblo shrines in the American Southwest
Biography
Nicholas J. Saunders has held research fellowship and teaching positions in Mexico, the USA, Trinidad, Jamaica and the United Kingdom. He is currently a Visiting Fellow in the archaeology department at Southampton University.
'This symposium, illustrated with numerous impressive pots and icons, furnishes a fascinating prehistory of man's relationship with the haughty beauties.' - The Guardian, February 1998.
"...a fascinating pre-history of man's relationship with the haughty beauties." - The Guardian
