Icons of Power : Feline Symbolism in the Americas, Hardcover by Saunders, Nic...

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Icons of Power : Feline Symbolism in the Americas, Hardcover by Saunders, Nicholas J. (EDT), ISBN 0415153271, ISBN-13 9780415153270, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK Draws evidence from the Precolumbian Aztec, Maya, Tembladera, Panamanian, and Columbian cultures as well as from the more recent Iroquois, Pueblo, Amazonian, and Araucanian societies to show how the jaguar and puma have been and are used as symbols of sacrifice, cannibalism, and war in the art, religion, and mythology of a wide range of American peoples. Also throws light on the differing perceptions of nature across the Western Hemisphere and the impact of the European contact. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

• ISBN: 9780415153270
• Condition: Fine

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