FELINES HAVE BEEN DEPICTED AS SYMBOLS OF POWER AND DEITY IN EGYPT AS WELL AS IN MEXICO AND THE SOUTHWEST U. S. CAT CERAMICS FROM MEXICO DATE TO 2000 B.P. ACCORDING TO LEGEND A CAT LIVES AT THE BOTTOM OF LAKE TITIKAKA.
FELINE IS AN UBIQUITIS SYMBOLS IN OUR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, AND ASTRONOMICAL SYSTEMS, AND CARRIES SUCH MEANINGS AS NIGHT, FIRE, POWER AND HIERARCHY. THE FELINE IS ALSO A METAMOPHIC REPRESENTATION OF FEMALE ELEMENTS SUCH AS WATER, THE MOON, AND CREATION.
IN THE ANDEAN TRIBES CONDORS AND FELINES ARE AT THE TOP OF THE HIERARCHY AND ARE CONSIDERED THE CLOSEST BEINGS TO THE CREATOR. IN MEXICO THEIR PREHISTORIC CERAMICS HAD IMAGES TO PUMA AND CONDOR. DURING CEREMONIES THEY BURNED INCENSE AND COPAL. THEIR PRAYERS ARE CARRIED TO THE CREATOR.
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