[thechat] living things
Erika Meyer
emeyer at lclark.edu
Thu Aug 22 18:36:00 CDT 2002
(I'm tired of that other subject line!)
javier wrote:
>Inidenous North American cultures considered rocks to be living things?
rocks... mountains... baskets... houses... boats...
are considered to have spirits aka be alive.
Here's a traditional yurok boat showing the heart & lungs
(you have to scroll -- content good, text & photos, html design not
so great...)
http://www.tidepool.com/toadeye/boats.html
the heart and lungs also had a structural purpose...
most things had double purpose, spiritual & structural.
the heart was at a spot that it helped prevent the boat from splitting.
the lungs double as foot rests. ;-)
the wood was fire-cured which was seen as a spiritual purification
but it also hardened the wood.
just an example.
>roots: gee, how I want to sit with you for a chat :)
that would be fun...
I'm white, my daughter is half Indigenous....
but I almost thought you said you wanted a cat!
http://www.seastorm.com/kitties/
(yes, mommy cat gets fixed asap!)
Erika
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