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The vulture, for some reason, is evil to the eyes of this christian derived culture. Just because it feeds on the dead, just because it soars before those who died.
It is rather unfair to show such a magnificent, noble bird as evil. The vulture does not kill for food, the vulture cleans the Earth from the illness of death, of the carcasses that lie on the mountain, savanna, desert, scrub. On Eurasia, Africa and the Americas, two families of unrelated birds called vultures do this job of purifying the world of diseases, and yet people wish them nothing but harm.
The vulture was recognised as the bird of peace by many cultures, as it never kills. On North America, it was considered holier than the wolf or the eagle, animals seen as the favoured totems; on Ancient Egypt it was Mut, the mother goddess and the "chicken of the pharoh", considered an all female species and sacred to the gods, so none could hunt them. Many were the gods associated with the vulture; in Greek Mythology the great Apollo, the god of light, music, arts, reason, medicine and many other things, had the vulture as one of his symbols, and so did his half-brother Ares, the god of war, who was beloved of the romans and spartans. Even Ahura Mazda had a positive connection with vultures; in Zoroastrianism part of the rituals done to the corpse involve letting it be consumed by vultures before cremation. The same applies to Buddhism.
As a symbol of so many positive things, the vulture's role in the world deserves being recognised. It is a main scavenger, and the absence of vultures in India led to the rise in dog numbers, which brought diseases like rabies as well as leopards that prey on people. Ence, "man's best friend" has caused more evil than the noble vulture, who is demonized by us westerners.
And really, do you consider animals such as lions and wolves as noble, while vultures are dirty cowards? You are pretty much stating murder is better than peace, and if you do so you are a psychopath and not worthy of being free.
It is rather unfair to show such a magnificent, noble bird as evil. The vulture does not kill for food, the vulture cleans the Earth from the illness of death, of the carcasses that lie on the mountain, savanna, desert, scrub. On Eurasia, Africa and the Americas, two families of unrelated birds called vultures do this job of purifying the world of diseases, and yet people wish them nothing but harm.
The vulture was recognised as the bird of peace by many cultures, as it never kills. On North America, it was considered holier than the wolf or the eagle, animals seen as the favoured totems; on Ancient Egypt it was Mut, the mother goddess and the "chicken of the pharoh", considered an all female species and sacred to the gods, so none could hunt them. Many were the gods associated with the vulture; in Greek Mythology the great Apollo, the god of light, music, arts, reason, medicine and many other things, had the vulture as one of his symbols, and so did his half-brother Ares, the god of war, who was beloved of the romans and spartans. Even Ahura Mazda had a positive connection with vultures; in Zoroastrianism part of the rituals done to the corpse involve letting it be consumed by vultures before cremation. The same applies to Buddhism.
As a symbol of so many positive things, the vulture's role in the world deserves being recognised. It is a main scavenger, and the absence of vultures in India led to the rise in dog numbers, which brought diseases like rabies as well as leopards that prey on people. Ence, "man's best friend" has caused more evil than the noble vulture, who is demonized by us westerners.
And really, do you consider animals such as lions and wolves as noble, while vultures are dirty cowards? You are pretty much stating murder is better than peace, and if you do so you are a psychopath and not worthy of being free.
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The Wolfaboo Creed
-The Wolfaboo Creed-
Note: This document was recovered from an alternate universe and was infested with horrific spelling mistakes, grammar mistakes, and extremely poor punctuation. It has been corrected so that today's men, women, and children can behold this idiocy at its finest.
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-I will defend all of Earth's animals, even though I only defend wolves.
-I will draw sparkledogs and majestic wolves doing humanlike actions. They will be cliché, bland, and generally undeveloped characters. These wolves and dogs will speak fluent English, and they will know no fear.
-I will design wolf comics
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Well, I always thought vultures were cool. BUt I had no idea that they were holy. THis come off of the Abrahamic cultural idiea that you can just do whatever you want and god will absolve you.