skadisman: I feel this is a good time to remind everyone that deer ultimately means “wild beastie what breathes”. Combined with the fact that venison is “that which is hunted”, deer do not have names. Animals not having proper names is something that happens when the animal is too powerful or holy to name directlyContinue reading
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kaseysnow: Merry Christmas. :3 Winter scene starring Jezz’s Andre.
journeyearth: White-tailed Deer by Matt Bango Source: Flickr / matt_bango
theartofanimation: Ralph Hulett Source: theartofanimation
victoriousvocabulary: HALIDOM [noun] 1. anything considered holy; a holy place or thing; a sacred or consecrated thing. 2. a sanctuary. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hāligdōm, from hālig (holy) + –dōm (suffix denoting state, condition, power, dominion, authority, property, right, office or quality). [BreeAnn Veenstra – The Ceryneian Hind] Source: victoriousvocabulary
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