All religions, all indigenous traditions, all origin stories provide a large map of where you are.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Countries and places have a history, a story, and a culture.
I have a sneaking suspicion that all religions lead to the same place, a very unified place.
A lot of my world-view is formed by the places I've been.
The United States - you know, native people are large landowners, but the military has a huge chunk of our territories. And in those, there are a number of places that are our sacred sites.
I've known where my heritage is from all along.
I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots.
There are storytelling traditions that come from Africa that are unique from anywhere else.
When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of this land, Native American folklore, and also Hispanic folklore now that I live in the Southwest.
I grew up partially in Switzerland but mostly in Australia. I lived in Kakadu for a short time - it's an Aboriginal community. My best friend growing up was Aboriginal. She taught me so much.
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