{"id":3299,"date":"2025-06-12T15:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/2025\/06\/12\/totem-and-theriomorphism-understanding-the-language-of-animals\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:06:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T08:06:20","slug":"totem-and-theriomorphism-understanding-the-language-of-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/en\/2025\/06\/12\/totem-and-theriomorphism-understanding-the-language-of-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Totem and theriomorphism: understanding the language of animals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3299-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/725_totem_e_teriomorfismo_comprendere_il_linguaggio_degli_animali.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/725_totem_e_teriomorfismo_comprendere_il_linguaggio_degli_animali.mp3\">https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/725_totem_e_teriomorfismo_comprendere_il_linguaggio_degli_animali.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In primitive civilizations animism and totemism assigned animals and things a soul and a spiritual dimension. 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