*Notes that ships and boats have been personified since long before engines, so there's that*
Ooo... more shiny thinking.
has been known (even as a fully rational adult) to yell at books and other things that drop
I wonder if cultures who recognise household spirits, such as lares, are more inclined to talk to those spirits and less inclined to anthropomorphise inanimate household objects? Like your horse + cart example.
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*Notes that ships and boats have been personified since long before engines, so there's that*
Ooo... more shiny thinking.
has been known (even as a fully rational adult) to yell at books and other things that drop
I wonder if cultures who recognise household spirits, such as lares, are more inclined to talk to those spirits and less inclined to anthropomorphise inanimate household objects? Like your horse + cart example.