Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)

by George E. Lankford

The frontal Underwater Panther has a three-pronged eye surround, while the Great Serpent variant uses a double-pronged eye surround, rather than the wing motif, to identify its location in the Above World or celestial realm.