Animals and the cultures that worshipped them

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Also, a much more important point I missed. Usually, when one sees an animal that is either fear-inspiring (big cat/big bear) or social, he or she only attributes positive human characteristics (charisma, loyalty, good well-being) to that animal. When either a hyena or snake comes; however, the person will usually attribute negative human characteristics (unpredictability, thief, betrayer) to that animals. The animal that's given positive human characteristics can be just as negative or more negative than the one given negative human characteristics at any point in time, and vice versa. It's not what the animal is, it's when the animal is. Time is a deciding factor in the observation of human attributes among animals. A lion can be well-fed and happy by his keeper, but at another time, the same lion can unpredictably come charging towards the keeper. And at that time, I'm pretty sure the keeper will reconsider his venture that 'lions are much more like humans than other animals are.' Reply