Mythical Zoo by Boria Sax

Author:Boria Sax [SAX, BORIA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: NAT001000, SCI011000, SCI100000
ISBN: 9781468316469
Publisher: The Overlook Press
Published: 2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00

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BEASTS OF BURDEN

T IS IMPOSSIBLE TO USE ANIMALS WITHOUT “HUMANIZING” THEM, and beasts of burden may be the best example of this. It is generally easy for human beings, especially manual laborers, to identify with animals such as horses, mules, or llamas. Their burdens are a metaphor for the challenges we face constantly in endeavoring to survive and prosper. We speak of “financial burdens” and “emotional burdens,” as well as physical ones. From a human point of view, these creatures are generally accorded a status that corresponds to what they carry. Those that bear human beings, such as horses, generally rank higher than those that, like mules, transport luggage. The legendary mounts of heroes—such as Al-Borak which carried Mohammad to Heaven—are, of course, the most prestigious of all.

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