All known human cultures share these attributes.
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myths
narrative
normal distinguished from abnormal states
nouns
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Oedipus complex
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play
play to perfect skills
poetry/rhetoric
poetic lines characterized by repetition and variation
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pretend play
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A long list. One that surprised me that didn’t get quoted up above was “sucking at a wound”. Huh. (Particularly since I did just that to a cut on my palm this weekend.)
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