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baloonworldThrough wearing armour, they were able to give the impression of an external skeleton with jointed appendages, thus cleverly disguising themselves as arthropods. A similar phenomenon was observed in feudal Japan, where due to the island's lack of metals, the warrior caste wore masks that resembled a certain species of crab.
If these disguises were done in an honest attempt to approach the physical form and hence spiritual essence of the crabs, or if it was a less worthy attempt to order to gain the respect accorded to arthropods, the result was the same: in the popular imagination, these noble warriors are accorded respect worthy of an arthropod.
If these disguises were done in an honest attempt to approach the physical form and hence spiritual essence of the crabs, or if it was a less worthy attempt to order to gain the respect accorded to arthropods, the result was the same: in the popular imagination, these noble warriors are accorded respect worthy of an arthropod.
