(sorry, I just really wanted to write a clickbait headline)
In general, we really did find important information that very well confirms some scientific views on the culture and beliefs of the pre-Christian Rechans. It consists of a small inscription on a scrap of parchment, written from left to right in koiran - the historical alphabet of the Eryakhshar Jearts, which they are now persistently trying to bring back to life.
It looks like this (in romanization):
simo pistruyi reçānīnu yiz rodā ridā su ro~ (breaks off)
it is immediately obvious that this is a completely ordinary Proto-Rechan language, here it is in Klimentitsa:
very colorful river from the clan of the Rada s ro~
"here the Motley Riverman from the Rda s Ro~"
You can read more about Motley in a few posts earlier; but that's not even the point. It's worth paying attention to the words "from the ryda family". Why?
Firstly, this very “ryd” is the name of a certain animal. This word has been preserved in the north of Rechani (red, r.p. rda) and in some places dialectally according to Retsinia (red, r.p. rda) — and wherever it is still found, it specifically refers to the snow leopard (also known as the "snow leopard"). Etymologically, it goes back to the Proto-Orbis root *wreyd- "scratch, cut out", but that's secondary.
Now let's look at it from a different angle: historians knew in principle that the ancient Rechans, like the Svaiti and Germans, had certain animalistic beliefs - but this is a find of a completely different level! That is, we clearly see that:
a) at that time the clan-tribal system still continued to exist;
b) at least one such clan had a very obvious totem animal.
It's very, very interesting what kind of relationship these guys had with snow leopards/snow leopards in general, but unfortunately we don't know that yet. If we find out anything, we'll definitely let you know!