Animal Spirts...Shamanism...

[Kismet]

interesting to me.

http://www.geocities.com/~animalspirits/indexlist.html


(For some reason, I always liked coyotes. Dunno why.)


Yuh nSuh? Cherokee beliefs in such?

 

[Steely_Gunz]

I've always been drawn to weasles and ferrets and the like.

Weasel's Wisdom Includes:

Stealth
Cunning
Ingenuity
Revenge
Keen observation
Ability to see hidden reasons behind things
Power of observation

Jake

 

[Sylvrfalcn]

Sarge

 

[jurassicnarc44]

Most coworkers have called me the Bear or "El Oso" for many years, and it is the animal that shows up from time to time in my dreams....I feel a kinship.....I suppose that means something....I'm just not sure what.

 

[Josh Feltman]

A wolf in human shape.

 

[tinmaddog]

I have always had a deep respect for wolves.

 

[spiraltwista]

It was the main belief system in England {& probably most of Europe.} before the Christians arrived.

I like it.

Spiral

 

[SilverFoxKnows]

I have a tattoo of a fox and a crow for that very reason.

Frank

 

[kronckew]

Aquila

 

[jurassicnarc44]

Kronckew Beautiful, just Beautiful!

 

[kronckew]

Roman Animism
the Roman Eagle (Aquila) was the Divine Standard of it's legion, held in reverence with the other lesser standards in a
special tent but in a central position of honour. It was the soul of the legion, which could not exist without it.

the standard of the 13th legion (Legio XIII Gemina)

it was carried by an Aquilifer, a senior NCO who would be a veteran of many
battles and would defend the Eagle with his life, the british defence of their regimental standards and
the french of their napoleonic 'eagle' is a pale imitation of the Legion's worship.

here is another Aquilifer, wearing a bear's skull/skin over his helmet, standing next to his centurio.

no actual roman eagle has ever been found, the rough depictions in statuary have been used to base construction of replicas like the ones above.

 

[Kevin the grey]

The animalisation of humans is as mysterious as the humanisation of animals .

Of course there is degree and that is where our understanding and misunderstandings come in . We are only human after all . L:O:L

 

[Bill Marsh]

Roman Animism
the Roman Eagle (Aquila) was the Divine Standard of it's legion, held in reverence with the other lesser standards in a
special tent but in a central position of honour. It was the soul of the legion, which could not exist without it.

the standard of the 13th legion (Legio XIII Gemina)

it was carried by an Aquilifer, a senior NCO who would be a veteran of many
battles and would defend the Eagle with his life, the british defence of their regimental standards and
the french of their napoleonic 'eagle' is a pale imitation of the Legion's worship.

here is another Aquilifer, wearing a bear's skull/skin over his helmet, standing next to his centurio.

no actual roman eagle has ever been found, the rough depictions in statuary have been used to base construction of replicas like the ones above.

I read that it was a goal of Roman enemies to try to steal the standard. That if this happened, it could demoralize the armies.

I always thought that "animism" strictly speaking was seeing spirit entities in almost everything. The animals representing entities was more a totemic concept, or in WICCA a "familiar."

 

[Spectre]

I asked for the spirit of the wolf, but was given the spirit of the eagle.

Afterwards, I found they were opposites. I have a tatoo of the silhouette of a golden eagle.

John