In primitive societies, like the Romans, objects and living beings were believed to possess special spiritual properties. Many landscapes like: rocks; caves; lakes; swamps; rivers; mountains; and valleys were all believed to hold these properties. It was not just the landscape that they thought had the spiritual properties though but also animals and even furniture! Parents would tell stories to children as well explaining that bad behavior would result in being eaten by nasty creatures.(Ward 103-117)

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