''Spirits of the Jaguar'' is a

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nature documentary which aired on

BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...

in 1996. Narrated by

Alan Ereira Alan Ereira is a British author, historian and documentary filmmaker. He is a Professor of Practice at the University of Wales, Trinity St. David. Life Educated at Kilburn Grammar School, Ereira subsequently worked at the BBC on television an ...

and created by Paul Reddish, the series documents the indigenous civilisations of

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...

and the

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

, and the relationship with the animals around them. It was part of the BBC Natural History Unit's ''Continents'' block.

Episodes

1. The Forging of A New World This episode talks about the volcanic origins of the Latin American region, and also looks at the evolution of its wildlife. 2. Forests of the Maya This episode looks at the Maya civilization of southern

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

and

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

and the animals which featured in their mythology, notably the

jaguar The jaguar (''Panthera onca'') is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus '' Panthera'' native to the Americas. With a body length of up to and a weight of up to , it is the largest cat species in the Americas and the th ...

. 3. Hunters of the Caribbean Sea The penultimate episode looks at the Taino, who immigrated to the

2000 years ago, the marine animals which provided food for the indigenous people, and ultimately, how they met their end when Christoper Columbus arrived in the region in 1492. 4. The Fifth World of the Aztecs The final episode documents the rise and fall of the

Aztecs The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different Indigenous peoples of Mexico, ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those g ...

, a powerful indigenous civilization which dominated northern Mexico, and the animals which inspired their mythology.

References

External links

* * BBC television documentaries 1990s British documentary television series 1996 British television series debuts 1996 British television series endings Television shows set in Mexico Documentary films about nature English-language television shows Indigenous cinema in Latin America {{nature-documentary-film-stub