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V11 :: Jaguaren – schamanernas heliga kattdjur

Object description

För Mellan- och Sydamerikas indianfolk har jaguaren varit laddad med stor symbolisk betydelse ända sedan tiden före de vitas ankomst till Amerika, den precolumbiska perioden. Jaguaren har varit schamanernas heligaste kattdjur, en nagual, ett skyddsdjur, och ett alter ego, ett andra jag.

Än idag vördas jaguaren av traditionsbärande indianer. Jaguaren är, precis som schamanen, en ”gränsöverstigare” laddad med helig kraft. I trans och extas tar schamanerna jaguarens skepnad för att få kraft och insikt att bevara och återskapa harmoni och balans i omgivningen.

Jaguaren återfinns i den precolumbiska konsten och utsmyckningen, till exempel i hövdingarnas klädedräkt, men även i vår tids indianska hantverk som är laddat med urgammal symbolik.

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Jaguaren – schamanernas heliga kattdjur

Titel, engelska

The jaguar – sacred cat of the shamans

Beskrivning

Jaguaren återfinns i den precolumbiska konsten och utsmyckningen, till exempel i hövdingarnas klädedräkt, men även i vår tids indianska hantverk som är laddat med urgammal symbolik.

Beskrivning - engelska

Long before the white man entered America, in the Pre-Columbian period, the jaguar was charged with symbolic meaning among the Indian peoples of Meso and South America. The jaguar was the most sacred of the shaman cats, a nagual, a protective animal and an alter ego, a second self. Even today the jaguar is revered in traditional Indian circles.

Just like the shaman, a jaguar is a “transgressor” and charged with sacred powers. When in trance and ecstasy, the shamans will assume the shape of the jaguar to gain the force and insight needed to keep and recreate harmony and balance in their environment.

Jaguars are found in Pre-Columbian art and decoration, for instance in the costumes of chiefs, and also in contemporary Indian crafts which are full of ancient symbolism.

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