Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Introduction: icons of power / Nicholas J. Saunders -- Architecture of symbolism : the feline image / 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 |
Summary |
" ... 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."--Back cover |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Indian art.
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Jaguar -- Folklore
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Puma -- Folklore
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Indians -- Religion.
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Indian mythology.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communication Studies.
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Indian art
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Indian mythology
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Indians -- Religion
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Jaguar
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Puma
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Genre/Form |
Folklore
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Saunders, Nicholas J
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ISBN |
9781136605147 |
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1136605142 |
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0203383826 |
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9780203383827 |
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