Just humans, I'm afraid.
As his initial attempt to achieve enlightenment he became an ascetic (a person who leads a life of contemplation and rigorous self-denial for religious purposes). He realized that his previous life of comfort had led him nowhere. His thinking was that without the pleasures to distract him, his mind would focus on the true meaning of existence. Unfortunately this did not work as all that a hungry and cold person thinks of is the hunger and cold. He eventually realized that neither luxury or deprivation lead to enlightenment, only the middle way of "enough" provides the health existence that leads to improvement.
Ascetic means to live one's life in strict self-denial, especially for religious purposes.
An anchorite is a person who chooses a life of extreme isolation and solitude for religious purposes, often living in a small enclosed space attached to a church. They dedicate themselves to prayer, meditation, and self-denial, seeking spiritual growth through their seclusion from the world.
This John was a prophet and ascetic (a person who dedicates his or her life to pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices and practices extreme self denial for religious purposes), destined before birth not to drink wine or strong drink. It is most unlikely he had any wage earning occupation.
Read the book called: The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
Denial of materialism
Denial - outright rejection. --- Note that denial is also used in the sense of dogmatic refusal to believe (something). Well known examples include Holocaust denial and climate change denial.
He was denial of women rights. He was in denial of his committed bad deeds. He committed the act even though of his continuous denial.
denial clause
The duration of The Denial is 3000.0 seconds.
The "denial" of an act is called "Verleugnung" or "Bestreitung".The "denial" of article is called "Entziehung" or "Weigerung".The "denial" of acknowledgment is called "Aberkennung".
You are in denial.