
Originally Posted by
velvet
Yes, indeed it does.
There is this concept "Blut und Boden" (blood and soil) which connects both. The blood is not onyl the abstract of the blood of our races, but also the blood spilled while recovering fertile soil from the wilderness as well as the battles to protect it. It all unfolds around the nature, the soil on which we dwell. And the blood, the kin relation, is also the source for the culture that grows on it, and the culture shapes the soil further. An endless cycle of mutual development.
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