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Over the ensuing years, though, my interpretation of Hurt’s spirit animals changed from a can-you-believe-this-guy eyeroll to muted respect.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2022

Suppose you took the idea that we have spirit animals not as a fable or a custom but as a fact about the world.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2021

Storyteller Gene Tagaban shared the tale of Raven and the spirit animals, while Peter Ali played the flute and Swil Kanim played the violin.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2021

Some base relationships off the Chinese zodiac, a classification system also calculated according to the lunar calendar, which assigns each year one of 12 spirit animals.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2017

The Cow Buffalo was, perhaps, only one of those spirit animals that prowl at night and utter strange cries.

From The Outcasts by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard