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What Did the Ancient Mayas, Incas and Aztecs Think of the Jaguar?

April 26, 2017ancient aztecs incas Jaguar mayas think

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What Did the Ancient Mayas, Incas and Aztecs Think of the Jaguar?

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The ancient Egyptians believed that the eyes of cats were the gateway to the spirit world. In the Amazon Forest the jaguar´s reflective, almost ghostly eyes were believed to have a mystical connection to the spirit world. The Mayas and Incas of the ancient yesteryear world viewed the Jaguar as a divine creature and furthermore believed that the skin of Jaguars represented the night sky. As for the always blood-thirsty Aztecs, they were never known to let a blood-letting opportunity slip by them and, unsurprisingly enough, used to feed the hearts of their sacrificial victims to jaguars.