Linking anthropomorphized animals to furry culture is quite a stretch. Even old tribal cultures where they might wear animal skins/skulls for rituals doesn’t even really have much in common with what people are doing in fur suits today.
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FaceDeer@fedia.io 5 months agoLots, this kind of thing goes back deep into pre-history. I mentioned in another comment in this thread that the oldest known sculpture is of a furry and the oldest known cave painted art is furry art. Lots of gods and creatures of myth are human/animal hybrids of various sorts, or straight up animal spirits.
treadful@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
FaceDeer@fedia.io 5 months ago
Furries are a modern example of anthropomorphic animals in culture. It's a convenient shorthand.
treadful@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Someone in ancient times carving a piece of art that’s a bear-man has virtually nothing to do with this:
Trying to link the two is disingenuous.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 5 months ago
OP has been singularly unclear about what exactly he means by "role playing as animals" in the first place, so I don't see the problem here.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 months ago
True. I feel like there must be a book out there. Because I’m secretly hoping for like…Socrates admitting he dressed as a hung fox or whatever (JUST AN EXAMPLE).