Inudamasu - Inudamasu

Japanese: イヌダマス - いぬだます
Inudamasu - Inudamasu

...This is because even the slightest injury to a deer weakens its ability to escape, making it easier to catch, whereas wild boars are highly resistant to injury and difficult to capture, so it is in fact a very rational measure. Also, when hunting with dogs, one person's tamas (dog tamas) is given to the dog, and if a person who normally joins the group suddenly cannot join due to some injury, the dog is also given one person's share, which suggests that an old custom in hunting societies was to equally distribute the prey. The meaning of hunting traditions is connected to the basis of such human activities. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Inudamasu" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これは鹿はわずかでも傷を受けるとたちまち逃走力が鈍って捕らえられやすいが,猪は傷に対する抵抗力が強く捕獲が容易でないためで,実はきわめて合理的な処置といえる。また,犬を用いる狩りでは,犬に対しても1人分のタマス(イヌダマス)を与え,平常は仲間に加わる者が何かの故障で急に参加できない場合,これにも1人分を配当する場合もあり,狩猟社会における古い慣行が獲物の均等分配であったらしいことを推測させる。狩猟伝承の意味はこのような人類の活動の基本につながる。…

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