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Icons of power : feline symbolism in the Americas. edited by Nicholas J. Saunders

Saunders, Nicholas J 1998

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Icons of power : feline symbolism in the Americas. edited by Nicholas J. Saunders
Author: Saunders, Nicholas J
Subjects: Indian art;
Jaguar -- Folklore;
Pumas -- Folklore;
Indians -- Religion;
Indian mythology;
Art précolombien;
Art indien d'Amérique;
Indiens d'Amérique -- Religion;
Mythologie indienne d'Amérique;
Puma (espèce) -- Folklore;
Signes et symboles -- Dans l'art -- Histoire -- Amérique
Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: icons of power / Nicholas J. Saunders The lord, the ruler: jaguar symbolism in the Americas / Elizabeth P. Benson The felidae in Pre-Columbian Panama: a thematic approach to their imagery and symbolism / Richard Cooke Feline symbolism and material culture in prehistoric Colombia / Anne Legast The jaguar of the backward glance / Alana Cordy-Collins Paragon or peril: the jaguar in Amazonian Indian society / Peter G. Roe Felines, patronyms, and the history of the Araucanians in the Southern Andes / Tom D. Dillehay Mountain lions and pueblo shrines in the American Southwest / James H. Gunnerson Long-tail: the panther in Huron-Wyandot and Seneca myth, ritual, and material culture / George R. Hamell
Publisher: London New York : Routledge, 1998
Creation Date: 1998
Format: xiii, 298 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Language: English

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