Icons of power : feline symbolism in the Americas /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Saunders, Nicholas J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Subjects:	Indian art. Jaguar > Folklore. Puma > Folklore. Indians > Religion. Indian mythology.

Table of 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.