XPost: alt.folkore   
   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   Do you know of instances of species someones   
   or species spirits in mythology and folklore?   
      
   I have also asked about this on alt.native ,   
   where I posted the following paragraphs:   
      
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   Do any of you believe in species spirits?   
      
   I define a species someone as the smallest in mass   
   someone that contains the species.   I don't   
   say species spirit since the species someone   
   contains bodies.   That is, the species someone   
   is like a collective consciousness of a species   
   except it also contains bodies, and even parts of   
   bodies (e.g. an eagle feather), and even any DNA.   
      
   I denote a species someone by a capital letter,   
   and for example Orca is one of my minor deities   
   and Human is one of my main deities.   
      
   I used to call species someones that I have   
   received a sign from totemic someones but   
   have switched to calling them SSOSOSS (species   
   someone of other species of significant sign).   
   Note that Orca, which I mention above, is   
   one of several SSOSOSS to me.   I think that   
   makes me a tangent point between Orca and Human.   
      
   --   
   David Dalton  dalton@nfld.com   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
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   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
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