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Icons of power : feline symbolism in the Americas

Title
Icons of power : feline symbolism in the Americas / edited by Nicholas J. Saunders.
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

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Additional Authors
Saunders, Nicholas J.
Description
xiii, 298 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Indian art
  • Jaguar > Folklore
  • Puma > Folklore
  • Indians > Religion
  • Indian mythology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
HBC 98-2782
ISBN
0415153271
LCCN
97013462
OCLC
36676074
Title
Icons of power : feline symbolism in the Americas / edited by Nicholas J. Saunders.
Imprint
London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Saunders, Nicholas J.
Research Call Number
HBC 98-2782
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