species someones in mythology and folklore

[David Dalton]

Do you know of instances of species someones
or species spirits in mythology and folklore?

I have also asked about this on alt.native ,
where I posted the following paragraphs:

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Do any of you believe in species spirits?

I define a species someone as the smallest in mass
someone that contains the species. I don't
say species spirit since the species someone
contains bodies. That is, the species someone
is like a collective consciousness of a species
except it also contains bodies, and even parts of
bodies (e.g. an eagle feather), and even any DNA.

I denote a species someone by a capital letter,
and for example Orca is one of my minor deities
and Human is one of my main deities.

I used to call species someones that I have
received a sign from totemic someones but
have switched to calling them SSOSOSS (species
someone of other species of significant sign).
Note that Orca, which I mention above, is
one of several SSOSOSS to me. I think that
makes me a tangent point between Orca and Human.

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