Travel Bug Dog Tag The Spirit of IX

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Owner:
ArcticNomad Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Origin:
Massachusetts, United States
Recently Spotted:
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Current Goal

Currently, this TB has a two-part mission. In either order, it would like to visit the Temple of the Jaguar cache by spiderwomantoo, in California, AND it wants to visit the ancient ruins of Chichen-Itza. The sacred city of the Itza, called Chichen-Itza (chee-chehn eet-sah) in Maya, is located 75 miles east of Merida, the Capital of the State of Yucatan, Mexico.

About This Item

The Beast!

The Jaguar was the Master of Animals in Central American mythology and a deity figure in many ancient and greatest cultures like Maya, Olmec, Azteca. The majesty of the Jaguar is constantly seen in many art pieces, which captures the spirituality and intellect of a man and the ferocity and strength of the jaguar. The Mayan word for Jaguar is IX (pronounced eesh). Mayan ancestors believe in the Jaguar’s Wisdom. The principal deity, for Mayas, was an Earth god who took the form of the Jaguar, since his power was not limited to terrestrial matters, this deity supposedly had dominance over all things terrestrial and celestial. The Jaguar was chosen because they believed it was the most powerful, intelligent and feared animal. According to Mayan beliefs, the hidden sun was said to be Jaguar, whose spotted skin symbolized the stars glittering in the night sky. Therefore, it was called the "Jaguar Sun."

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Tracking History (3753.9mi) View Map

Dropped Off 6/29/2006 LittleCache placed it in Wood I Trick You? New Mexico - 1.8 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/29/2006 LittleCache retrieved it from Lions and Eagles and Bears, Oh My! New Mexico   Visit Log

Found it, will move it along.
Dropped Off 6/28/2006 NMCoach placed it in Lions and Eagles and Bears, Oh My! New Mexico - 88.41 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 6/17/2006 MO & GO discovered it   Visit Log

Saw this one at the NOMAD Cachers Allowed At The Oasis event in Portales.
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/17/2006 NMCoach retrieved it from NOMAD CACHERS ALLOWED At The OASIS New Mexico   Visit Log

My daughter grabbed it at the event because it was a neat jaguar. We're not really up on our Mayan dieties. I will move it on.
Dropped Off 6/3/2006 starman99 placed it in NOMAD CACHERS ALLOWED At The OASIS New Mexico - 103.16 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 6/3/2006 starman99 grabbed it   Visit Log

Grabbing from owner. Moving it to NM
Discovered It 5/29/2006 starman99 discovered it   Visit Log

Found in Green Clovers. Will move it closer to California soon.

Write note 5/22/2006 SunnyWalker posted a note for it   Visit Log

I put the Spirit of IX into the Geocache, "Green Clovers" over by Shamrock, Texas. Wahoooooo!
-SunnyWalker
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/10/2006 SunnyWalker retrieved it from Follow the Thin Mint Cookies Texas   Visit Log

Found the little jaguar near Amarillo in "Follow the Thin Mint Cookies". Will place soon again in another cache.
-SunnyWalker
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