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Originally Posted by aimtobe
I guess I got the idea from the Hindu school of thought because of the idea of caste systems. But you have a point. Besides Native American culture/religious beliefs, are there any other cultures/beliefs that incorporate the reincarnation-from-animal-to-human thought?
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Don’t know about Native Americans.
In Shamanic (the hunter-gatherer cultural/historical) beliefs your Animal Forefather is your Totem.
For example:
All Turco-Mongol people are descendants of the Wolf.
The Skolt-Saami ‘nation’ are descendants of a Bear (hence they have got so many stories about ‘Bearwalkers’ – humans who take on the form of a bear).
Australian Aboriginals have a ‘Conception Totem’.
The Primordial Spirit, prior to Creation – for my ethnic group – is an Eagle.
Etc.