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Flutes and the Animal Kingdom
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Animals are recurring motifs in many flute-related stories because flutes are often made from animal bones, flutists are often hunters of animals, animals are often protectors and helpers of flute-playing humans, they are often messengers of the gods, and so on. This chapter presents stories about relationships between human flutists and animals. Many of the flutetales are also about flute-playing animals, which are often anthropomorphized: They talk, live in villages, have wives and children, and sometimes play musical instruments. Some of these types of folktales and myths are examples to which the concept or theory of “indigenous perspectivism” is applied towards the end of the chapter.
Title: Flutes and the Animal Kingdom
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Animals are recurring motifs in many flute-related stories because flutes are often made from animal bones, flutists are often hunters of animals, animals are often protectors and helpers of flute-playing humans, they are often messengers of the gods, and so on.
This chapter presents stories about relationships between human flutists and animals.
Many of the flutetales are also about flute-playing animals, which are often anthropomorphized: They talk, live in villages, have wives and children, and sometimes play musical instruments.
Some of these types of folktales and myths are examples to which the concept or theory of “indigenous perspectivism” is applied towards the end of the chapter.
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