The hunt is framed as reciprocal contract: people ask permission before killing animals and thank them afterward to preserve cosmic balance.
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Cosmic Balance
The hunt is framed as reciprocal contract: people ask permission before killing animals and thank them afterward to preserve cosmic balance.
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Jiang explains Paleolithic care for disabled or ill people through cosmic unity, stronger preliterate empathy, and a valuation of diversity as divine gift.
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"All right, this is another image rendition of Kataikoyak. Okay, as you can see, each house is, is a temple unto itself. And they..."
"Before you can kill animals, you need to pray to the gods and ask for permission. After you kill the animals, you must thank..."
"...three possibilities, okay? The first possibility is, it's really about maintaining cosmic balance and harmony. Everything is a cycle. Meaning what? Meaning we're all..."
"But back then, they saw difference and diversity as gifts from God. Right? So, if you're a dwarf, it meant you had something special..."
"So, if you were different, if you were deformed, if you were ill, they saw you as blessed rather than cursed. And that's what..."
"...it may happen to your children. Okay? So, there is a cosmic balance to the world. And this is really the pagan worldview. Right?..."
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