We are separated from death by sterile hospitals and less and less accidents caused by Ugg not a being very good aim with his spear.
Certainly, the 'ancients' would have been much more aware of death. We have butchers to do our culling, we don't see that. The kill would have been part of everybodies very, very harsh life.
Infant mortality would have been frighteningly high. More death in child birth. It wasn't a walk in the woods sniffing bluebells was it?
Life was fragile and short and they would have known it far more than we do.
Reply | with quote | Posted by FourWinds 31st July 2003ce 18:20 |
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