Comparative study of animal cognitions of Nepal's ethno-caste groups.

这项研究的目的是澄清人与动物之间的分工以及它们之间的联系在尼泊尔的种族种姓群体。在切庞，老虎和鹿被排除在其他。与此同时，他们是连接的人，作为有能力生存的存在。在古隆人中，竹节虫被认为是祖先的灵魂。在帕尔巴特印度教中，螳螂被认为是导致人类死亡的凶兆。在尼瓦尔语中，一个用来表示昆虫之类的小存在的后缀也被用来表示第三人称的坏话。在塔鲁斯，把野生动物带到那些村庄的中间人被认为是凶猛的存在。这种动物性认知是人类对动物排斥的一种转化，也是动物与人之间的一种联系。

This study aims to clarify the divisions between humans and animals as well as the connection between them in Nepal's ethno-caste groups.In the Chepangs, tigers and deer are excluded as others. At the same time, they are connected humans as existences that had power to live. In the Gurungs, stick insects are considered as ancestral spirits. In Parbat Hindus, mantises are considered as ill omens that caused human's death. In the Newars, a suffix for expressing small existence like insects are also used for speaking ill of third person. In the Tharus, intermediates that bring wild animals to the villages are supposed to be fierce existences. Such animal cognitions show the transformation of human's exclusion of animals as well as connection between animals and humans.