you mean as in those stories that start out with coyote waking up in a ditch? Ok... just wondered if it was a technical term in anthropology.
Dana On 8/23/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was the word used in at least one of the coyote stories I was > reading recently... I assumed they meant socially, and the entry in > dictionary.com does a pretty good job of summing up what I assumed was > meant -- more or less: > > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=degraded > > particualrly "demoted - disgraced - lower in dignity"... basically > just "socially debased / outcast". The sort of person the cool kids > actively avoid being seen near in high-school. > > Granted, it's a translation from an Indian language, so there's bound > to be some margin of error for interpretation... maybe more so than > with stories from some other parts of the world closer to England. > > > degraded? Never heard the term before, can you explain? > > > On 8/23/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > loki, used to be a old nick of mine. > >> > sounds familiar > >> > >> Yeah ... well, you know every culture has its own > >> trickster myth... so > >> of course Loki fits in fairly well with Coyote -- both of > >> them are > >> "degraded" shape-changers, etc... I'm sure it has > >> something to do with > >> that whole "collective consciousness" thing... or > >> collective > >> unconscious as the case may be... the tendancies of > >> people to > >> acknowledge the same truths, even in what appears to be > >> isolation from > >> one another. > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.fusiontap.com > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170796 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
