Writer's Block: Animal Instinct

[tinhuviel]

[Error: unknown template qotd]The owl has long been my primary animal spirit, but the bear was revealed as a strong influence in my life back in 1993.  The bear, Artio in particular, is quite evident in every aspect of my life.  I tend to be quite protective of my Tribe and, at the same time, inclined to rip strangers or especially offenders from limb to limb.  Also, I really just would prefer to be left alone to do my thing.  That's not usually possible, which provokes my seemingly perpetual grumpiness.

Don't fuck with the Great Bear Mother.  No day is a good day to do that.  She'd just as soon kill you as look at you.

Bendieth y Mamau

Comments

[angstzeit.livejournal.com]

Mine's a chimpanzee.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Dude. Did you hear about the chimp that went crazy yesterday? I don't understand why people think they can keep chimps as pets and then freak out when things go awry. Idiots.

[angstzeit.livejournal.com]

Yes, I did. You don't want to be around a chimp having a bad day.

Writers block......

[oleander56.livejournal.com]

Greetings to thee!

Funny you should ask about animal spirits, as there is an ancient ugrian myth about the Bear, that goes about this: Once there was the Bear and for many years he lived alone, Then one day he met Woman, and after some time, they started living together. They had offspring, and from these came the Ugrians. Wich means that we are all part bear!

Even in later years, the Finns treated the Bear with outmost respect, and although they hunted it, there were rules to be followed, as for example that the bones must be returned to the earth in an orderly fashion, and the skull hanged in the holy pine tree.

The Sami people also has a similar set of rules.

Anthropologally Yours

All the Best!

Oleander56

Re: Writers block......

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Our Trad's totem is Artio, the Great Bear Mother, was apparently beloved of certain Scottish clans, who shared a lot with the Northern Peoples (all of them living close to the Arctic Circle and whatnot), or at least that's how we were all taught in the Trad by our High Elder. He tended to rewrite ancient history to his own specifications, though, so there you go.

And I owe you a private email. I haven't forgotten. I've just been insane over fanfiction, as is evident to anyone reading the Cliffs lately. So sorry for being a lousy communicator.

Re: Writers block......

[oleander56.livejournal.com]

Hi!

Sorry to have to disagree with you, but you are NOT a lousy communicator, do I detect a slight tad of guilt here? This is what I have to say about guilt: Man can imagine the perfect, but also the inability to achieve it, the deficit hereby created, is known as GUILT. A totally unnessecary feeling.

I know that you have a job, relatives, friends, and interests of your own, and the day only has 24 hours.

Anytime you find the time to write to this old geezer, is a happy occasion to me, and I think you have done so quite often lately.

Go in peace my child!

Priestly yours

All the Best!

PS Hope everything will go well with that tooth of yours DS

Oleander 56