Poll: what would you label the world's oldest profession in your version of the origin myth of humanity? (Not counting basic sustenance work like hunting/farming/tool-making as professions)
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Shamanism origin myth: people compete in a game of camp-fire hot takes (heh) on why the hunt failed/succeeded based on pet wild theories (cosmic fan theories? Plato-cave people?). Guy who "wins" campfire twitter 10 hunts in a row is 1st shaman.
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also possible: guy who is a straight-up weirdo (may also be autistic, schizophrenic, epileptic, &c) is totally useless in hunts but seems to predict the future so we keep him around
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I’ve seen cases for trapping, mining/mineral exploitation, crafts, social influencing, religion/healing of course...
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as far as “totally excused from other responsibilities” - combo of mineral exploitation/monopolizing & crafts makes sense
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I was equally motivated by how priest/doctor/storyteller roles are rolled into shaman
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