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(Okay, compromise; I changed the opening paragraph to "in some Native American traditions." This way, it shouldn't conflict with "Star Trek" canon or real life. (I don't believe it was ever claimed onscreen that all tribes had animal guides.)) Tags: VE apiedit |
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The creature that guides a person does not define who that person is, it simply chooses to be with them. Therefore, no one can choose their own animal guide. It would offend a guide if its identity was revealed to others. Being in touch with one's animal guide is what [[Carl Jung]] thought he invented when he came up with his active imagination technique in [[1932]]. |
The creature that guides a person does not define who that person is, it simply chooses to be with them. Therefore, no one can choose their own animal guide. It would offend a guide if its identity was revealed to others. Being in touch with one's animal guide is what [[Carl Jung]] thought he invented when he came up with his active imagination technique in [[1932]]. |
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Captain Janeway's animal guide
In some Native American traditions, an animal guide is a person's counselor and guides and accompanies that person through life.
The creature that guides a person does not define who that person is, it simply chooses to be with them. Therefore, no one can choose their own animal guide. It would offend a guide if its identity was revealed to others. Being in touch with one's animal guide is what Carl Jung thought he invented when he came up with his active imagination technique in 1932.
Kathryn Janeway once guessed that Chakotay's animal guide was a bear, but Chakotay said that while the bear had powerful pokattah, it was not his animal guide; the only thing he was willing to reveal about his guide was that it was female.
In 2371, Chakotay helped Janeway contact her animal guide during a vision quest which turned out to be a tokay gecko.
B'Elanna Torres was noted for being the only person Chakotay knew who actually tried to kill her animal guide. (VOY: "The Cloud")
Apocrypha
In the novel Pathways, Chakotay's animal guide is revealed to be a snake.