hmm.

i'm more of a cat person.

except when i'm a bird, then i'm a crane-person.

so i'm going to hijack your topic, and since no one else has responded in two months, i'm not even going to feel guilty.

cats were certainly recognized as divine, and were the first non-human allies (sometimes described as domesticated) recorded in history. in egypt. perhaps it was the mouse-catching that was the vital ingredient of this early agricultural empire; after all, what benifit would it be to store the fruits of your labour (grain) only to see it nibbled away and pooped in by those wraskly rowdents.

my theory, tho, is that it was the purr of the kitty that first attracted the attention to the inherent god/desshood of felines. in electronics, a metaphor i relate to frequently, there is a thing called a de-gausser. when an ossilating magnetic field is applied to a static magnetic scenario, the back and forth vibration unlocks and releases the blocked tensions in the situation. ie- erasing the cassette tape, or cleaning out the burned-in values on the tv/video terminal that has been left on the same picture for far to long.

cats, in their infinite wisdom, developed an sonic-organic version of this, long before we knew anything about osscilating electromagnetics. an internal acoustic vibrator if you will. oral audio massage. and probably mastrubation. but i only know anything about *that* when i'm a cat person. nowadays we have all sorts of cybernetic devices to mimic this, but back in the day, you could get a vibrosage, a mouse guard, and a styley couch accessory all for the price of a bowl of milk once and a while. that's value. and divine.

meow.