All Connected: Humans, Animals, Landscapes and Spiritual Forces

Luis Muro Ynoñán discusses the relational worldview of the Moche, emphasizing the interconnected relationships among humans, animals, landscapes, and spiritual forces. He explains how Moche religion and iconography portrayed hybrid beings, animal impersonation, and deities such as Ai Apaec to express the integration of human and nonhuman attributes, highlighting the importance of animals and landscapes in maintaining cosmic renewal and social reality.

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  • Luis Muro outside, with a varied landscape behind him

    Luis

    Muro Ynoñán

    Assistant Curator of South American Anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago