Photo & concept by me.

The jaguar is a strong, intelligent and powerful god; embodies beauty and ferocity, the two opposite poles.
The name jaguar comes from an ancient South American word meaning he who kills with one blow. To the ancient civilizations of Mexico; the Olmecs, the Mayans and the Aztecs, the jaguar was worshipped as a deity. Because of its ability to see in the night, they believed that jaguars were able to move between worlds. The jaguar was a being of the stars and the earth. In the Mayan mythology, the jaguar was the ruler of the Underworld. Traditionally, the jaguar has represented power, leadership, stealth, fertility, abundance, telepathy, transformation and wisdom as well as protection from evil. The jaguar’s natural talent for hunting on land, up trees, and in water led to it being regarded in mythology as the ‘master of animals’, and spiritual lord of the powers of fertility in the natural world. All animals are the jaguar’s prey, but it is prey to none.