Post by Spirit of the Lynx on Jul 4, 2007 18:50:54 GMT -5
From: ScrëämïngËäglë™ (Original Message) Sent: 6/30/2003 11:03 AM
Cougar animal totem
Depending upon where you live in the United States, the great, tawny
mountain lion is called a cougar, panther, or puma. While the cougar
once ranged throughout most of North America, the animal's kingdom
is now largely restricted to the southwest.
According to an old story, which may be apocryphal, the cougar was
christened a "mountain lion" when early European traders believed
the tawny pelts the tribesmen were swapping to be the hides of female
lions, such as the ones that they had seen in Africa. When they asked
the native hunters why they brought in only female pelts for trade, the
whimsical tribesmen, seeking to play a joke on the naive white men,
said that the male lions were so fierce that they lived all by themselves
far up in the mountains.
To the tribes of North America, the cougar is the master of the hunt, the
creature whose prowess in bringing down game is unsurpassed. Its
method of quietly watching and slowly stalking its prey provided a model
of caution and subtlety for the hunter. As one chant in honor of the cougar
says it, Now I am come up out of the ground/I am ruler of the season.
Considered the Elder Brother by many North American tribes, the cougar
was imbued with many mystical qualities. Its eyes became globes of fire
at night. Its scream in the darkness could paralyze a deer or an unwary
human. Its wisdom and Medicine would be shared with those spiritual
seekers who approached it with the proper reverence and purity of heart.
According to the Native American zodiac, those born from February 19
to March 20 are under the sign of the cougar. Cougar people are
described as sensitive, easily hurt by disapproval or rejection, and
highly mystical in nature.
If you have the cougar as a totem animal, you are likely the kind of individual
who enjoys exploring the mystical side of life. While you may be thoroughly
domestic in one part of your nature, you know that you also harbor within a
wild, primitive aspect that could be unleashed at inopportune moments. There
is a part of you that could relish running off and getting lost in the wilderness.
There is a hidden element within your psyche that dreams of racing through
the forest in the dark, of dancing around a campfire, of living in a much simpler
time. Your cougar guide will help you attain a balance between the ancient
memories of a faraway and long ago time for which a part of you yearns and
the here and now in which the present you must successfully adapt and flourish.
Your cougar totem can bring out a certain aggressive streak within you,
but your spirit voyages can assure you that you become a hunter of dreams
and visions, rather than a hunter of another entity's blood and lifeforce. Rather
than striking out in anger and revenge, you will learn to speak out in peace
and love.
Cougar animal totem
Depending upon where you live in the United States, the great, tawny
mountain lion is called a cougar, panther, or puma. While the cougar
once ranged throughout most of North America, the animal's kingdom
is now largely restricted to the southwest.
According to an old story, which may be apocryphal, the cougar was
christened a "mountain lion" when early European traders believed
the tawny pelts the tribesmen were swapping to be the hides of female
lions, such as the ones that they had seen in Africa. When they asked
the native hunters why they brought in only female pelts for trade, the
whimsical tribesmen, seeking to play a joke on the naive white men,
said that the male lions were so fierce that they lived all by themselves
far up in the mountains.
To the tribes of North America, the cougar is the master of the hunt, the
creature whose prowess in bringing down game is unsurpassed. Its
method of quietly watching and slowly stalking its prey provided a model
of caution and subtlety for the hunter. As one chant in honor of the cougar
says it, Now I am come up out of the ground/I am ruler of the season.
Considered the Elder Brother by many North American tribes, the cougar
was imbued with many mystical qualities. Its eyes became globes of fire
at night. Its scream in the darkness could paralyze a deer or an unwary
human. Its wisdom and Medicine would be shared with those spiritual
seekers who approached it with the proper reverence and purity of heart.
According to the Native American zodiac, those born from February 19
to March 20 are under the sign of the cougar. Cougar people are
described as sensitive, easily hurt by disapproval or rejection, and
highly mystical in nature.
If you have the cougar as a totem animal, you are likely the kind of individual
who enjoys exploring the mystical side of life. While you may be thoroughly
domestic in one part of your nature, you know that you also harbor within a
wild, primitive aspect that could be unleashed at inopportune moments. There
is a part of you that could relish running off and getting lost in the wilderness.
There is a hidden element within your psyche that dreams of racing through
the forest in the dark, of dancing around a campfire, of living in a much simpler
time. Your cougar guide will help you attain a balance between the ancient
memories of a faraway and long ago time for which a part of you yearns and
the here and now in which the present you must successfully adapt and flourish.
Your cougar totem can bring out a certain aggressive streak within you,
but your spirit voyages can assure you that you become a hunter of dreams
and visions, rather than a hunter of another entity's blood and lifeforce. Rather
than striking out in anger and revenge, you will learn to speak out in peace
and love.