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Animistic Pragmatism And Native Ways Of Understanding: Adaptive Approaches For Overcoming The Struggle For Food In The Sub-arctic Pmc

It suggests the doctrine of spirits in general, and is very best expressed by “Animated Nature”. Fetishism is a subordinate department of animism, viz, the doctrine of spirits embodied in, or attached to, or conveying influence through, certain animals or material objects. The animism of Tylor differs little from the naturalism of Reville or the fetishism of De Ia Rialle. It as a result explains the belief in the passage of souls from men to beasts, and to sticks and stones. The classic hamadrya, the tree-worship of the South African natives, the rice-feasts held by the Dyaks of Borneo to...

Dog And Cat Welfare Humane Society International

Because only the auditory stimulus was the actual stimulus that a dog would perceive in the presence of a cat, it is tough to accept the conclusions of the study. The actual odor of a cat and the sight of a reside cat are diverse than the stimuli presented in the study. A current study seeks to adjust that by adding to what we know about which triggers from cats set dogs off. “Dogs’ responses to visual, auditory, and olfactory cat-associated cues” concludes that the sound of a cat and how a dog reacts to it may perhaps be of...