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The Bearded Jaguar

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    The right side of the 2001 image of the "Face" confirms the feline aspect of the east side of the "Face"  as seen  in the 1998 image (figure 3)  A comparison to the 1998 image is provided for  conformation  of facial features (figure 3b). Notice that in  the current image of the "Feline" side of the "Face" it still  retains the crown feature and a square shape to the head. We still see the rectangular, squinting eyes, the muzzle, and a short zig-zag shaped mane (or beard). The only surprise in the new photograph is the presents of four  little "fangs" at the top and bottom of a flailing "tongue". The tongue is highly decorated with a crown like pattern (detail, figure 4). In Mesoamerican cultures the flailing tongue was often seen as a sign of "bloodletting" (figure 5). The tongue was synonymous with the sacrificial knife and in many Mesoamerican images a protruding tongue was shaped like a knife blade (figure 6).

a.

b.

Figure 3

Comparison of both Feline sides of the "Face on Mars 1998 & 2001 (the right side: east)

a. 2001 Feline side:NASA/JPL (E03-00824)
Note:the crown (terrace) , the square shaped head, the rectangular, squinting eyes, the muzzle, and  short zig-zag shaped mane (or beard). Also note the four  little "fangs" at the top and bottom of the flailing "tongue".

b. 1998 Feline side: negative reversal (SPI-22003).
Note;  although this side was narrow and dark in the 1998 exposure,causing the foreshortening of it's features, most of it's feline aspects are still present as seen in the new 2001 image.

Figure 4

Crowned Tongue.

a. left-top
Highlighted detail of central axis with tooth and tongue
Note; two teeth on left and half of the Crowned Tongue
on the right.

b.left-center
The Crowned Tongue feature (mirrored).
Note the "face"

c. left bottom
Jaguar glyph with protruding tongue.
Maya glyph

Figure 5

Olmec Jaguar.
Note the ears, fangs,
flailing tongue,
and short beard-like mane.

Figure 6

Aztec; sacrificial blade.
(tongue shaped knife).
Note; the "face".