Actually, I believe that if the past is truly studied with an open mind, you will be surprised at what you find. Perhaps we did start of as thought forms and take on different characteristics of the animals and elements of the earth? A year ago I would have agreed with Chryaetos and saw these half animal gods as just mans way of depicting belief systems of the time. Perhaps man did have to get rid of some "grotesque animal traits"....perhaps man had a higher understanding of hybridization...or it was just as simple as when man was between the etheric and physical states he took on animal features. I think that there is too much legend and depictions of half man and beasts to brush it off as a transition. Take a look at the Hieroglyphics in some of the ancient temples in Egypt. Some interesting stuff you will find if you look at the actual pictures and blot out the translations.
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