Anthros in everyday – Part Zero – Where these from? Theory.
The first intelligent humanoids discovered the animal special abilities and survival capability and with the passage the of the time, they started to revere and admire the other livingbeings. This esteem accompanied ancient civilizations all the way.
Learning and observing from the other species was beneficial to the ancestors in terms of both survival and development.
Probably at first we started to pay more attention to the animal kingdom mainly because of fear and a kind of envy.
Studying the behavior of animals and understanding the mental and physical characteristics of the animal, it contributed not only to the success of the hunt but also to self-defense
The prehistoric people had to know the habits of the scary beasts in order to defend themselves, since, they feared and longed for the sheer strength, speed and a destructive arsenal of weapons.
So, the life was not easy in those times. They prayed to ancient forces, spirits, and gods for survival and asked for various abilities that the amazing and awesome animals possessed. Strength and quiet footsteps for hunting, speed and dexterity for escape, and much more things.
Properties physical and mental were assigned to the animals. These were later to connect to human characteristics and vice versa. Religions and myths were soon born, traced back to a philosophy close to ancient nature. Shamanism and totemism were born. Then magical animal spirits, godlike creatures, half-human half-animal gods have taken over the world.
It shows that animals have always played a major role in the history of mankind. Perhaps we seem to distance ourselves from the animal kingdom and nature, with artifical living places and technology... Although we still maintain this connection subconsciously and are surrounded by respect and love for animals.
The desire to connect with nature is not yet completely extinct in humans and it lives faintly longer.
Anthropomorphism and animal symbols are part of our everyday lives.
You can read more about these in the following chapters.
Thank you for your attention!
As a farewell, one of the oldest relic finds:
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Anthros in everyday – Part I – Egyptian or Not?!
Anthros in everyday – Part I – Egyptian or Not?!
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This ancient figure was mentioned in this article: Desire And Becoming, An Old Story Ongoing
This ancient figure was mentioned in this article: Desire And Becoming, An Old Story Ongoing
Thanks for the mention, but to say the least this lion man is public domain! Superior article, love it. Very, very nice.
ReplyDeleteThat article is clearly related to this. So, my pleasure! ^.^ It may be a "public treasure", but perhaps not many people know the lion man.
DeleteIn the future, I want to link articles that are related by topic, So it can be easier for the reader to find what they want.
Thank you very much and the encouragement! ^.^
Great post. I think this is exactly right -- "Furry" is far older and more serious than most people know!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! ^.^ Yeah, sometimes some things deeper,older and more serious than we think first... but sometimes the opposite... so Who knows!^.^
DeleteI really like the old stories where all people and animals are "brother" or "equal" ...
I like those stories as well.
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