| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - They held wild creatures to be sacred, especially the eagle, for example, which represented the promise of the celestial; the serpent, which linked them to the earth; the jaguar, a symbol of raw power, which became a god of the underworld; the rabbit, which became the special pet of the moon goddess (the Maya saw the shape of a rabbit rather than the face of a man in the full moon); and the hummin
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