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iran
ritual pollution
ideas of dirt
European ideas of defilement
(old definition of)
ominous compendium (a garbage collector)
schema
a filtering mechanism which at first only lets in sensations we know how to use
rituals of separation
book of Leviticus
list of abomination
eatable
any animal with hoof
cloven-footed
chews the cud (partly digested food return to mouth for further chewing)
don't eat
raven after their kind (in agreement with one's nature)
night hawk after their kind
the little owl, the great owl, the water hen
stork after their kind
hoopoe and bat
all winged insects are unclean for you
all clean winged things you may eat
everything in the water that has not fins and scales is an abomination to you
whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening
__they are unclean to you__
among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth
the weasel, the mouse, the great lizard according to its kind
whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening
and anything upon which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean
every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten. whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, it whatever has many feet, will the swarming things that swarm upon the earth, you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
...as X ... disposed to believe Y
clean animals
animals animated by other beings (superhuman, demonic, etc.)
“cloven-hoofed animal which part their hooves
“chewing the cud
old testament
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