Icons of Power: Feline Symbolism in the

Contributors include Elizabeth P. Benson, Richard Cooke, Alan Cordy-Collins, Tom D. Dillehay, James H. Gunnerson, George R. Hamell, Anne Legast, Peter G. Roe and Nicholas J. Saunders

List of figures

ix

(3)

List of tables

xii

(1)

List of contributors

xiii

1 Introduction: Icons of power

1

(11)

Nicholas J. Saunders

Origins and perspectives

1

(3)

A brief history of interpretation

4

(4)

References

8

(4)

2 Architecture of symbolism: The feline image

12

(41)

Nicholas J. Saunders

Introduction

12

(1)

Symbols, images, and meaning

12

(4)

The feline icon in Pre-Columbian symbolism

16

(4)

The ethnographic dimension

20

(14)

Semantic shifts and conquest felines

34

(4)

Felines, fertility, and folklore

38

(5)

Conclusion

43

(1)

Acknowledgments

44

(1)

References

44

(9)

3 The lord, the ruler: Jaguar symbolism in the Americas

53

(24)

Elizabeth P. Benson

Symbol of might

53

(3)

Protection and destruction

56

(4)

Questions of sacrifice

60

(4)

The underworld and the earth

64

(3)

The sky

67

(2)

The other world

69

(1)

Children of the jaguar

70

(2)

Notes

72

(1)

References

72

(5)

4 The Felidae in Pre-Columbian Panama: A thematic approach to their imagery and symbolism

77

(45)

Richard Cooke

Introduction

77

(1)

Animal icons, systematics, and semantics

78

(3)

Four `themes'

81

(4)

Theme 1: Were felines used for human food?

85

(3)

Theme 2: Were felids symbols of social rank?

88

(8)

Theme 3: Felids and shamanistic practices

96

(12)

Theme 4: Felids and human social organization

108

(2)

Conclusions

110

(3)

Acknowledgments

113

(1)

Notes

113

(1)

References

114

(8)

5 Feline symbolism and material culture in prehistoric Colombia

122

(33)

Anne Legast

Introduction

122

(1)

Feline species in Colombia

122

(2)

The feline in archeological material

124

(25)

Conclusion

149

(4)

Acknowledgments

153

(1)

References

153

(2)

6 The jaguar of the backward glance

155

(16)

Alana Cordy-Collins

Introduction

155

(1)

Chavin cat creatures

155

(1)

The cats of Cupisnique

156

(2)

The cat of the backward glance

158

(10)

Notes

168

(1)

References

168

(3)

7 Paragon or peril? The jaguar in Amazonian Indian society

171

(32)

Peter G. Roe

A multi-dimensional analysis of a dualistic natural symbol

171

(1)

The jaguar as a male paragon

172

(2)

Material culture as `implicit' mythology

174

(1)

The jaguar as `raw material'

175

(2)

The `ultimate trophy'

177

(2)

The jaguar as model human warrior

179

(1)

The language of projectiles

180

(2)

The jaguar as mythic lover

182

(1)

The jaguar as the paragon of male hunters

183

(1)

The jaguar as ancestor/enemy

184

(1)

Claws versus fangs: The jaguar's dualistic weapons

184

(2)

The jaguar as the donor of designs

186

(1)

The explicit mythology of the jaguar: As beneficent culture donor

187

(1)

The importance of the jaguar in lowland shamanism

188

(3)

The jaguar as a `less than human' ogre

191

(1)

Remote enemies as `jaguar people'

192

(1)

Other aspects of the black jaguar: `Thunder Jaguar' and `Water Jaguar'

193

(2)

Conclusions

195

(1)

Notes

196

(1)

References

197

(6)

8 Felines, patronyms, and history of the Araucanians in the southern Andes

203

(25)

Tom D. Dillehay

Introduction

203

(2)

Setting the contextual and conceptual parameters

205

(1)

Traditional Araucanian society and culture

206

(2)

Verbal, visual, and spatial forms of the feline symbol

208

(8)

The historical context of core symbols: Inside and outside of ceremony

216

(6)

Conclusion

222

(2)

References

224

(4)

9 Mountain Lions and Pueblo shrines in the American Southwest

228

(30)

James H. Gunnerson

Introduction

228

(2)

The ethnographic evidence

230

(15)

The archeological evidence

245

(7)

Summary

252

(2)

Acknowledgments

254

(1)

References

254

(4)

10 Long-Tail: The panther in Huron-Wyandot and Seneca myth, ritual, and material culture

258

(34)

George R. Hamell

The mythical reality of the panther

258

(1)

The natural reality of the panther

259

(2)

The historical reality of the panther

261

(1)

The linguistic reality of the panther

262

(2)

Of panthers' tails

264

(1)

And panther tales

265

(3)

The darker reality of the panther

268

(1)

The brighter reality of the panther

269

(2)

The material reality of the panther

271

(10)

Panther's distant kinsmen

281

(1)

Panther's transformation

282

(4)

The end of the panther's tale

286

(1)

Acknowledgments

287

(1)

Notes

288

(1)

References

288

(4)

Index

292

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