Sauvagesse is a French word for a female savage. What are the things a person would have been afraid of 5,000 years ago. Death would have been an event which happened with great frequency and suddenness. The average person would have had a very short life with childbirth often killing both Mother and Child. A 40 year old person would have been ancient. Not to mention a simple accident where a person broke their arm would most certainly have caused an end of their life. And if they did live it would greatly diminish their ability to contribute and they might even be left behind.