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Magics connected with animals

2012-10-27 17:04:29 (читать в оригинале)

Different peoples had different beliefs. The people of Madagascar, for instance, were strictly forbidden to kill, within a house, a creature of male sex, be it a tom-cat, a rooster or a male rat. It was believed that such a killing might cause the death of a warrior, incidentally, warriors on Madagascar never ate the [...]

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Hunting magic of prehistoric people

2012-10-27 17:01:45 (читать в оригинале)

Now the scientists knew that primitive men not only killed animals but also worshipped them. Prehistoric hunters were strong, patient, agile and skilful, but their hunts were not always successful. The pithecanthropi and sinanthropi were unable to discover the logical reasons foi success or failure. They probably never tried to, their minds not being equipped for [...]

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The meaning of the ritual of hunting for old people

2012-10-27 16:49:16 (читать в оригинале)

What had been enacted in the clearing was not merely a dance but a rite of supreme importance. It wasn't a rehearsal or a training session for a hunt — it was, to their minds, a real hunt, perhaps even the "main" hunt. Two men from the tribe, the fastest and the most agile, tied on [...]

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Hunting ritual of ancient people

2012-10-27 16:48:17 (читать в оригинале)

Two men of strange appearance — with men were really as slim, light-footed and long sharp horns tied to their heads and agile as antelopes. One of the "antelopes", tails dragging behind ran out into a clearing. his head lowered, attacked the hunters in They stood still listening alertly and glancing round, then started jumping [...]

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The cave paintings – a surprise for science?

2012-10-27 16:47:01 (читать в оригинале)

The entire scientific world was rocked, so to speak. For now they had not merely bits of fur or bone to tell them about the animals of distant past but eyewitness accounts. Here were portraits of these animals made from nature. Some were done in colour (it has since been established that prehistoric artists used ferric [...]