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This is an interesting point and makes me wonder: are there historical accounts of furries in history? I guess you could count things like werewolf stories, maybe, but that seems like a stretch…? I get the feeling I’m describing an existing field of study and hope there’s something to read about it?

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WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Egyptians and native Americans dressed up as animals… Or maybe I’m very uneducated and this racist.

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- ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  But does that count as “furry?” I guess? If so, then yeah, tons of furries throughout time. I don’t know enough about it. I guess I’m realizing I presume that furry is a sexual thing, which I think is probably incorrect? I don’t even know enough to be asking about it. I can recall plenty examples of people looking back at historical figures and being like, “yep, definitely gay,” but I can’t recall any examples of, “yep, total furry.” That’s all I’m trying to say. I presume they must be out there.
  
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FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Lots, this kind of thing goes back deep into pre-history. I mentioned in another comment in this thread that the oldest known sculpture is of a furry and the oldest known cave painted art is furry art. Lots of gods and creatures of myth are human/animal hybrids of various sorts, or straight up animal spirits.

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- treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Linking anthropomorphized animals to furry culture is quite a stretch. Even old tribal cultures where they might wear animal skins/skulls for rituals doesn’t even really have much in common with what people are doing in fur suits today.
  
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  - FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Furries are a modern example of anthropomorphic animals in culture. It's a convenient shorthand.
    
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    treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Someone in ancient times carving a piece of art that’s a bear-man has virtually nothing to do with this:
    
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    Trying to link the two is disingenuous.
    
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- ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  True. I feel like there must be a book out there. Because I’m secretly hoping for like…Socrates admitting he dressed as a hung fox or whatever (JUST AN EXAMPLE).
  
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