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TATTOO DESIGNS & SYMBOLS - PANTHER TATTOOS
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This is the largest and most ferocious cat of the Americas, pound
for pound more fierce and dangerous than: the tiger, the lion or the
leopard. The panther is at the pinnacle of the food chain in the
Americas. The panther / jaguar is fiercely independent and cunning.
It is the only large cat that routinely hunts in the water.
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The Panther figures prominently in the mythology of most cultures in
South and Central America. It occurs in the art and religion of all
pre-Colombian American civilizations and was considered a familiar and a
companion of Shamans among the Olmecs, Mayans and Aztecs . It is an extraordinarily ancient and powerful totem animal and was a symbol of the nobility and the authority of royal families. The fur, claws and teeth of the jaguar were often used to adorn and decorate the costumes and finery of the highest ranking individuals. |
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 These cultures found it very significant that
panthers came in two colour phases, yellow and black and believed that the yellow phase of the
panther pulled the sun across the day sky and that the black phase of the
panther pulled the moon across the night sky. The panther / jaguar was often the symbol of shamans, individuals who could bridge the conscious and unconscious worlds, who had a special access to the afterlife and to the spirit world. Many thought the
panther was shape-shifter, able to transform itself at will.
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