Do spirits categorize themselves?

[lumineth Realm Lord]

I ask because it often feels that we humans like to put spirits in categories that are largely subjective and contradictory. In some cases the spirits themselves contradict the category they're put in. So, I'm wondering if we're forcing false dichotomies onto them.

Often these dichotomies s are cultural. So, one dichotomy contradicts another. I mean, the Christian dichotomy tends to contradict every other culture that is polytheistic or animistic. In that spirits are either this or they're that, no in between.

But if we are dealing with living thinking beings, don't they have their own cultural perspectives? Do they categorize us into dichotomies?

 

[Morell]

Humans are spirits too.
That is to say, we do differ ourselves in various ways, by our look, by our behavior, by family and clan... Makes sense that spirits of similar inteligence would do something similar. Not the entirely same, as the "physical" laws of their realm are somehow different, but I think that they might have the same tendency and need to belong somewhere.

You note correct that we differ spirits basing on our culture (Christian culture) rather than experience. Other cultures tend to do cultural differing too and among all cultures there are here and there experiences that sometimes fit and sometimes do not. You won't do mistake by making out sorting basing on your own experience, but always be ready to find out that your sorting is wrong.

 

[Ziran]

"Do spirits categorize themselves?"

Traditionally, in the West, spirits are described in terms of "hosts"; It's an old military term which categorizes spirits by rank. As such, If a "lower" order spirit is misbehaving, then its "captain" can be petitioned to compel its "underling" on behalf of the petitioner. ( "lower" "captain" "underling" are in quotes because this isn't literal. A spirit cannot be, literally, above or below. )

However, this is only the traditional manner that it's described in the West. It depends on the belief that there is 1 and only 1 infinite source. This presumes a heirarchy exists, then projects that heirarchy on the forces of nature. Many object to this and its implications.

 

[ㅤtornribbon1402ㅤ]

categories ... ?

i think that they might just be something made up by humans .

in the end , all spirits are just ... spirits .

they are all just ... neutral .

none of them are more or less likely to be good , none of them are more or less likely to be bad , just because they come from one of these " categories " . a thing that humans made up .

 

[FireBorn]

We anthropomorphize everything.

They just are.

It is us who name them, put them into neat little boxes so we feel safe. To satisfy our drive to feel like we have some element of control of the world around us. Order, lists, steps, frameworks, etc. so we dont feel as small as we really are.