ووصفت بعض المراجع هذا الربط بأنه يمثل شكلاً واضحاً من أشكال الإبعاد الاجتماعي أو التشريع الايديولوجي للقمع.
Myths of origin of the marginalized craft specialist groups of this region often associate them with nature and the wild, and even in extreme cases describe them as being descended from unions with animals.