Hunters/Gatherers, Pastoralists/Farmers, and Early Urban Dwellers and Their Relations with animals
This Paper uses many terms referring to human beings. All terms refer to both men and women equally unless otherwise noted. In no way are these terms insinuating that one gender is more important in the history of progression than the other.Since the beginning of time animals have formed strong relationships with humans. For various groups of people, from a world of different cultures, animals have served many different purposes. Animals are food, pets, sacred religious objects, as well as an important factor in many professions. All groups have one thing in common, they all need animals for survival within their cultures. The relationships between humans and animals go back as far as hunters and gatherers. In the article about San Trance Dances, Nisa tells a story about the origin and naming of certain dances and how they are named after animals. "Certain animals-gemsbok, eland, and giraffe- have trance songs named after them, songs long ago given by God. These songs were given to us to sing and to work with."1 The San people believe that events revolving around animals are all directed by the powers that be. The act of killing animals for food is regarded as the will of the higher power. Due to the fact that the hunt
ntion of the animals on the boat/ark give the impression that the animals are subhuman because the higher power does not take into consideration the lives of the sheep, goats, birds., etc. Finding no problem with eliminating what has been created, the gods advise Utnapishtim to tear down his house and make an ark, board two of each of each animal, one male and the other female, so that they may procreate. er/gatherer culture lives among the wilderness, there is a great respect for wild animals since they are necessary for consumption and for spiritual practices. The San experience illness as an involuntary possession by forces, powers, and evil spirits. Illness or an attack of evil can be caused by the spirits of the living or the dead. The San and the !Kung people identify with! 7 Godfrey Lienhardt, Divinity and Experience, Oxford, 1961 Course Packet One(p.63)
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