Union between a toad and jaguar

Room 4, Vitrine 25

• In the Andean worldview, toads are associated with the humid world, while jaguars are associated with the earth.
• The two animals are depicted in mythological union. The jaguar adopts the dominant male posture, while the toad takes a passive female role. From this union a toad with the ears of a jaguar is born, and from its body there sprout cassava plants.
• Moche culture, Florescent Epoch (1 AD – 800 AD), ML007171, ML007173, ML007179.

ML007179

ML007179