Le jaguar, sujet et objet du sacrifice maya

The jaguar, subject and object in Maya sacrifice. In Maya iconography, the role of the jaguar as a predator associated with all kinds of violence such as war, sacrifice, torture and self-sacrifice, is well-known. Less obvious is its symmetrical and inverse role of victim, on the altar or on the scaf...

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Main Author: Claude-François Baudez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société des américanistes 2008-07-01
Series:Journal de la Société des Américanistes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/9513
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