~ BEAST  see> ANIMAL 
^u       id+ | NON HUMAN ANIMAL a pejorative idea |
         id+ | ANIMATED ANIMALS INCLUDING HUMANS |
         id+ | ANIMALS HAVE AN ANIMA or SOUL or SPIRIT |
         id+ | HUMAN BEHAVIOR TOWARD BEASTS CAN BE
               AN INDEX OF CIVILIZATION | 
         id+ | THE KING OF BEASTS IS A HUMAN | 
         id+ | about ANIMALS THEOPHRASTUS 
               THE SUCCESSOR OF ARISTOTLE SAID 
               " ... THEY FEEL 
                 THEY SUFFER ... 
                 DO NOT EAT THEM ..."    
     ply> | BEASTS WOMEN AND CHILDREN HAVE NO OR
            LIMITED RIGHTS |
     ply> | NON HUMAN BEASTS PROBABLY
            ARE LESS BEASTLY IN THE CONTEXT OF
            RECORDED HUMAN BESTIALITIES  |
     note ROMAN CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE DENIES THAT
          ANIMALS CAN HAVE AN ANIMA
     note in eng "MURDER" does not apply to
          KILLING A "BEAST" which lacks legal rights
     humans "SLAUGHTER" rather than KILL beasts
     hx> RELIGIOUS LEADERS ARE MOSTLY SILENT  sug> BRUTE
         REGARDING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS         sug> CRUDE
     note that THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO
          ANIMALS WAS SEEN AS HERETICAL [16]
     EARLY CHURCH BOOKS OFTEN CONSIDERED ANIMALS TO BE
     THE INCARNATION OR THE WORK OF THE DEVIL
     IN CONTRAST TO HUMANS WHO REPRESENT
     THE EMBODIMENT OF GOD
     lat BESTIA  = BEAST      sug> BESTIALITY
          VIR      FORCE      sug> VIRULENT  VIRUS
     ukr  VIRA     FAITH      sug> VIRUS VIRULENT
          VIRNO    CORRECT    sug> VERITABLE
         ZVIRIST   VERIFY     sug> VERITAS
         ZVIR      ANIMAL also
                   BRUTE  CRUEL
         ZVIRITY   BEASTLY also
                   TO BECOME WILD 
~ BESTIALITY   id+ | BEAST LIKE | 
               id+ | HUMAN SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH A NON-HUMAN ANIMAL | 
               id+ | HUMANS REJECT THE NOTION THAT MAN IS THE 
                     MOST BRUTAL OF ANIMALS |  
~ BESTIARY     hx> CHRISTIAN MORALISTIC STORIES AND
                   DEPICTIONS OF BEASTS WITH AN
  EMPHASIS OF SYMBOLIC BEASTS      sug> UNICORN
  note THE KILLING OF UNICORN WAS ONLY POSSIBLE
       IF A PURE VIRGIN COULD ENTRAP ONE
  hx> ANIMALS RIGHTS OFFER A GAUGE OF
      THE VALUATION OF LIFE AND RELATEDLY OF
  HUMAN RIGHTS IN GENERAL
  IT APPEARS THAT THE PLIGHT OF ANIMALS
  IN VARIOUS SOCIETIES CORRELATES TO SOME DEGREE
  WITH LEVELS OF EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
  AND THE TREATMENT OF THE DISABLED AND MENTALLY ILL
  IN ANTIQUITY ANIMALS AND MAN HAD CLOSER
  DAILY CONTACT AND HAD A GREATER AND A
  MORE INTIMATE PRESENCE IN RELIGIOUS PRACTICE
  note AESOP
  in MODERN SOCIETIES ANIMALS BECAME EXTEMPORANEOUS
  NON HUMAN LIFE IS OFTEN SEEN AS ALIEN or "BEASTLY" or
  AS FIT FOR COMMERCIALIZED ENTERTAINMENT
  EXPLOITATION OF ANIMALS BY "AMUSEMENT PARKS"
  LED SOME TO LABEL SUCH AS  "ABUSEMENT PARKS"
  AND OTHERS POINT SIMILARITIES WITH
  "RESERVATIONS" FOR "INDIANS"     sug> ABUSE
  note vern term " ZOO PHENOMENA " for ABUSE MISUSE
  ply> | MANY RELIGIOUS SHEPHERDS
         ONLY CARE FOR HUMAN SHEEP |
  myth> IN FORMER TIMES THE HIGHER REGARD FOR BEASTS
        WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE WORSHIP OF ARTEMIS WHO
  AS THE TWIN SISTER OF APOLLO HAD SUPREME IMPORTANCE
  AND WAS CHARGED TO PROTECT THE ANIMALS
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& BEAST
  see> EXTINCT  ECOLOGY  ETHICS
  id+ "MODERN" SOCIETIES HAVE ENDOWED THE TERM "BEAST" WITH
       COMPLEX NEGATIVE OVERTONES perhaps because it may
  HIDE OBFUSCATE or JUSTIFY UNETHICAL PRACTICES TOWARD
  THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& BEAST
  hx> COMMERCIALIZED ANIMALS ARE SLAUGHTERED
      WHENEVER PROFIT MOTIVES DICTATE AND FROM
  BIRTH TO THEIR DEATH THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS
  ARE FOR THE MOST PART ABOMINABLE
  biol> EXPERTS NOTE THAT THE DEMANDS BY THE
        ENTERTAINMENT AND PET INDUSTRY ENHANCE
  THE EXPLOITATION OF ANIMALS AND POSE A SIGNIFICANT
  ADDITIONAL THREAT TO MANY ENDANGERED SPECIES
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& BEAST
  see> ECOLOGY  BESANT  HEMENWAY  PLACE  RELIGION
  art> in OXFORD the BODLEIAN LIBRARY HOLDS THE WORK BY
       ASHMOLE [#] published in 1511
  SHOWN ARE SCENES MOSTLY OF SLASHING OR PIERCING
  OF A SERIES OF ANIMALS
  A CLASSIC AND GRUESOME DISPLAY OF
  RELIGIOUS ANTAGONISM TOWARD NON HUMAN CREATURES     sug> CREATION
  note MOST BESTIARIES INCLUDE STORIES ABOUT
       THE GRIFFIN  BASILIC  SIREN  ASP  SALAMANDER
  HORSES WITH SNAKE LIKE TAILS   DRAGONS
  HYDRA or in sp HIDRA etc
  THE UNICORN
  PHOENIX or FENIX
  CROCODILE or in sp COCODRILO
  PELICAN falsely considered
  to feed its chicks with his own flesh
  LION as A SYMBOL OF NOBILITY
  PANTHER  LYNX  OSTRICH  WHALE and
  also the mythological GRIFFIN is already found in
  GREEK CARVINGS of the 5th century BC
  THE ECHENEIS in gr or in lat REMORA = A TYPE OF FISH 
  
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