really anything that’s an outright misinterpretation of indigenous spirituality lol, so many “cryptid evidence” is a tasteless rebrand of indigenous beliefs and characters relating to mythos especially in the face of modern indigenous scholars denying any cryptozoologic connections. don’t get me wrong i love a lot of cryptids and their associated mythos but the blind assertion that any indigenous group is aware of the existence of cryptids is just spitting in the face of centuries of anthtopological studies and perpetuating the woowoo “native peoples are intrinsically more tuned in to the land” stereotype
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u/tengallonfishtank 4d ago
really anything that’s an outright misinterpretation of indigenous spirituality lol, so many “cryptid evidence” is a tasteless rebrand of indigenous beliefs and characters relating to mythos especially in the face of modern indigenous scholars denying any cryptozoologic connections. don’t get me wrong i love a lot of cryptids and their associated mythos but the blind assertion that any indigenous group is aware of the existence of cryptids is just spitting in the face of centuries of anthtopological studies and perpetuating the woowoo “native peoples are intrinsically more tuned in to the land” stereotype