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The gray wolf ((チェチェン語:''Borz''), pronounced or ) is the national animal of the Chechen nation, and it is also the national embodiment.〔Jaimoukha, Amjad. ''The Chechens: A Handbook''. Page 153.〕 The national feeling of Chechens towards the wolf has many aspects. ==As a poetic or symbolic comparison to the Chechen nation== The Chechen people are symbolically said to be variously related to wolves (not in a serious way, but in an either symbolic or joking manner), probably in relation to the "Wolf Mother" legend. Hence, characteristics of the wolf are also frequently compared to the Chechen people in a poetic sense, including the most famous line that members of the Chechen nation are "free and equal like wolves".〔Jaimoukha. ''Chechens''. Page 83〕〔Gammer, Moshe. ''The Lone Wolf and the Bear: Three Centuries of Chechen Defiance of Russian Rule''. London 2006. Page 4〕〔Wood, Tony. ''Chechnya: The Case for Independence''. page 13.〕 Wolf clans are often equated to Chechen teips. Chechen culture often emphasizes emulation of other characteristics of the wolf besides egalitarianism. As Jaimoukha explains in his ethnographic book on the Chechen people, 〔 There is a saying in the Chechen language describing a person, "He/She was raised by the She-Wolf" which implies the person has admirable personality traits.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chechen wolf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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