Icons of Power: Feline Symbolism in the Americas

by Nicholas J. Saunders

Book Overview

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, and status in a startling array of graphic and enduring images. Natural and supernatural felines inhabit a shape-shifting world of sorcery and spiritual power, revealing the shamanic nature of Amerindian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415513588
• ISBN13: 9780415513586
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"