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Originally Posted by Altair
There are many brown bears in western Scandinavia but when it comes to wolves there seems to be an anti-wolf sentiment, with cheering going on for wolf hunting.
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Besides environmental altruism, if we go back and back in time, bears have been revered totem animals, hence protected. In the eastern side of Fennoscandia, among Skolt Saami and Karelians at least, bears were considered as totemic ancestors.
Even though old stories about shapeshifting into bears or wolves abound, wolf shapeshifters were feared more than death itself.
Amerind ‘Skinwalkers’ come to mind. Is it similar – I don’t know, it just sounds similar.
Don’t know what this Somby guy is doing – is he raising awareness about the taboo subject?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkOW...ndeSomby-Topic
Does he know what he is doing, know the pitfalls of it, or is it all just about being a vocal artist playing with 'concepts'?
https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/tig...ts-ande-somby/