Jaguar Head Pendant
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This jaguar head pendant is a Brazilian lucky charm that is unique enough to have become a national emblem.
- Brazilian national symbol
- Animal unfortunately extinct today
- Amazonian tribes attribute qualities of strength and bravery to it
- Material: stainless steel
- Pendant size: 2 x 3.1 cm
- Chain length: 45+5 cm
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What ? That jaguar head pendant? How is that a national symbol?
The jaguar (Panthera onca by its scientific name) is a large predator of the South American jungles.
Whatever culture occupied the territory of Brazil throughout history, the jaguar was given an important place.
The predation zone of this animal extended from the south of the United States to the north of Argentina... Yes, well seen, Brazil is right in it.
For Amazonian tribes, the symbol of the jaguar played a social, economic and even religious role.
According to the ancients, this being was capable of traveling between worlds, and it was up to him to maintain the balance between day and night... as well as between life and death.
Truly, before being a Brazilian lucky charm, the jaguar is an essential animal in the cultures of the pre-Columbian Amazon.
The Olmecs built huge rocks in the shape of a jaguar. They considered this animal to be a powerful “Nahuatl”, a benevolent spirit who accompanied and protected shamans as they moved between worlds.
For the Mayans, the Great Jaguar was the guardian of darkness, the guide of souls who helped them cross the world of the dead, as well as the companion of shamans.
The Aztecs shared this vision of the jaguar, undoubtedly because it was as a Mayan good luck charm that they first knew it.
However, they also used it as a symbol of war. The elite of Aztec fighters also bore the name of “ jaguar warriors ”, and equipped themselves with masks made from the skin of this sacred animal.
You have probably understood: this jaguar head pendant is a Brazilian lucky charm, a Mayan lucky charm too... but above all it is a powerful totem, a great symbol dating from the pre-Columbian era.
