Did humans copy the bowing position from animals?

Who does not know the biblical saying: "Go to the lazy ant, see its ways and be wise" (Proverbs 6:XNUMX), one that has an allegorization and symbolism with a well-deserved educational and social message. And yes, there is nothing to argue about, because in this introduction is hidden a simple message of taking a look at the animal world and drawing some conclusions.

Indeed, I know that one of the primordial instincts of dogs is the urge to fetch, long before they were domesticated and adapted to the household on this one and harnessed for hunting purposes on that one. The fact that the three dogs (whose score, by the way, is false, a pinch... and not a false opening, like a plurality of "queen", "slave" and others nearby) that I have "bother" as soon as you enter my residence to bring me an "offering" - some kind of toy such as a bone, a toy, etc. When it's beyond "just" it creates a next one. There is a kind of acknowledgment of my "lordship" (I really didn't like to use this word) as if in terms of affection on the one hand and submission on the other.

So what does this have to do with our case? Well, here and there in my academic research and lectures, and especially in the field of the history of sports and games, I find myself needing to highlight the area of ​​imitation of our ancestors in the behaviors of animals that lived in their midst, in a certain proximity to them, such as the actual sports competitions. And it will be noted here and qualified to a certain extent that in our case it is only one component, out of several, that was the foundation of the birth of sports competitions and their development, i.e. - competitive sports following the behavior of animals in the wild.

Well, in connection with those competitions and in other, historical-primordial contexts, I was very interested in the phenomenon of experiencing and even the voluntary decision of the body and sometimes to the point of "licking" the ground. And what I was very "stunned" to see is that such a phenomenon is found in animals and stands out mainly in the struggle between two males, and perhaps even more so, for the "kindness" of the female for future purposes of the herd, or a fight for territory and carnivore spoils. Sometimes this happens during the fight, sometimes towards its somewhat physical end, and sometimes at the very beginning, when one of the contestants "for the crown", in the phase of mutual examination of the opponent's intentions and physical strength, feels that the results will be known in advance, he "takes" a few steps behind while physically following of submission, a kind of equality. In other words: "I gave up".

And in our case - the phenomenon of people bowing before the king, the lord, the god... expresses a physical, somewhat perfect submission, originating perhaps from clear, accidental observations, animal behavior from this and the internal, immanent, subconscious, natural desire to "go with the strong" from this.

Does this have an educational-political message beyond the description of the actual bowing? Well, according to what is written in my "private", secret, cynical, but true Bible according to my pragmatic assumption, the "verse" is emphasized: "In Genesis man created God", as opposed to the "real" verse, and the text in any case: "Genesis God created man." In both sentences the inferiority of man vis-a-vis God stands out, and especially in the first, as it has an educational and even political/social purpose - to sanctify the status of the priesthood as a ruler, as one who has the absolute truth and even the prerogative to punish, and let's not forget that the Bible was written by mortals.

And how does this relate to our case: check and examine carefully, not only the people of Israel, but also the myths and rituals of other nations: how is God, the creator of man, depicted? Is when innocent, like a tickling rabbit or like a smiling dolphin? no and no! In our sources, the god appears to Ari, Leviathan and even in the Hebrew/Jewish temple itself, cherubim, seraphim and more appear. And the copper snake that Moses brought from Egypt and that no Yahwist reform, even that of Hezekiah and Josiah, was able to remove it from the temple. Scary? gruesome? Kind of like a horror movie, when it's no wonder that the crowd of believers, like soma in the chimney, fall to their feet, bow and vibrate: "Amen and Amen". And what would you say in the face of the fact that the temple itself was built as a model of the image of Harry: wide and large in front and narrow in the back of his body. And what about the phrase/name "Ariel" in the Bible, which is nothing but a connection between Ari and God, or in Latin leo dei, when the Bible says about him: "And the Ariel is twelve (cubits) long and twelve (cubits) wide, square to its four quarters" (Ezekiel Mag, 16). That is, 6.72 m by 6.72 m, and let's not forget that Ezekiel is referring to the Jewish, Yahuist temple, and not to some Assyrian or Babylonian temple. And already in the first chapter, in his vision, or as he said: "...and I saw the visions of God" (Ezekiel 1:11), in which there came out of the fire the likeness of four beasts "...and the likeness of their faces was the face of a man and the face of a lion to the right of the four (like the Egyptian sphinx on the one hand and the Assyrian on the other) and the face of a bull From the left to the four and an eagle's face to the four" (ibid., 10-XNUMX), and for this it will be said that one picture is worth a thousand words. And by the way, a complete waste.

To summarize and conclude, the origin of bowing is probably devoid of our ancestors' observation of the behavior of animals, because why, if there were other physical ways to express submission, was kneeling, bowing chosen as the main expression of man's submission to God.