Several scholars have attempted to place the figure of the Animal Master or Mistress within the context of the cosmology of indigenous people. There appears to be growing evidence of a worldwide expression is this figure in religious traditions throughout the globe.
Do you have any data to support such a position?
Are there figures in the cosmological trope from your research areas to support the identification of an Animal Master/Mistress supramundane figure?
What is the evidence, how is he/she depicted, what is his/her role, what kinds of religious ceremonies, rituals or artistic devises are employed to represent, illustrate and venerate such a deity?