(August 11, 2022 at 2:06 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(August 11, 2022 at 11:49 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Cockroach totems are thought to be extremely powerful in cultures that acknowledge them, which tend not to be cultures in the global north.
Silly sods.
Boru
Riiight? Mind, you might have those tiny little european cockroaches in mind. Fucking nuisance. It's usually the palm sized survivors that get covered in spiritual glory. Tropic and subtropics. Bugs in general really. Late classic maya pottery is covered in them - roll that around in your mind a bit. Your storage containers, your bowl with dinner in it, covered in ornately carved masses of bugs painted in a brilliant flashing scheme that suggests movement.
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