Icons of Power: Feline Symbolism in the Americas by Nicholas J. Saunders

Icons of Power: Feline Symbolism in the Americas

Nicholas J. Saunders

312 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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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,...

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