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- From: wolf@netcom.com (Wolf Logan)
- Subject: Re: wolf mythology again
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.184709.4452@netcom.com>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:47:09 GMT
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- jssa@yosemite.inesc.pt (Joao Sergio S. Assis) writes:
-
- > I have never read or heard of wolves associated to teaching,
- >but only as psychopomp, markedly in some Slavonian cultures. It seems
- >to me there is some relationship with the Egyptian jackal Anubis. Do
- >you agree?
- > And they are also associated with power and strenght, as you know.
- >Prehistorical hunters would be eager to hunt wolves and wear the skins
- >as a proof of their ferocity or pride. In some cultures, the wolf is
- >also a powerful totem - though I have never seen it associated with
- >wisdom, always with strenght as I told you.
-
- In my own experience, the Wolf totem is very powerful, and yes, it is
- related to teaching. There are many stories of the wolf who periodically
- leaves the pack to gain wisdom on his own, then returns to share his
- new wisdom with the rest of the pack.
-
- The only strength I've noticed overtly connected with the Wolf totem is
- that of strength of character (which some might call stubborness). I
- believe that European cultures, having come into more conflict with
- Wolf over living space through the centuries, might be leaning a bit
- hard on the strength, power, and agressiveness aspects. In North
- America, where such conflicts weren't common until recently, there's
- a bit more emphasis on Wolf's social structures and behavior.
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