Greetings Everyone.
Simply put, branding is distinguishing a product and another one. It is the process of creating a unique identity for a product in the mind of a target audience or consumers.
Lets talk about Human Branding...
To brand a human being is to distinguish such person from other people. This could be in terms of religion, tribe or ethnicity. Branding is for easy identification.
Various Human Brandings.
■Religious branding
People could be branded in line with their religious beliefs or adherence. Today we can easily distinguish some sects of religious adherents from others.
■Nazarite
A Nazarite is someone who by covenant must not cut his or her hair. The hair must be allowed to grow as long as it could forming locks. This is a distinguishing factor for such people. Some of them are called prophets if they fall on the religious line or they may be called other names according to their adherence.
■Tribal Marks
This is a mark put on people to distinguish them from another family, mostly the marks are put on their cheeks, left and right. The marks could range from one to fifteen or more as the case may be. This is very common in Yoruba land of Nigeria.
■Spiritual branding
God can put a spiritual or invisible mark on people to distinguish them from other people. Example is that of Cain on whom a mark of protection from death was put as a punishment for his offence. He was to remain a wanderer till death and nobody can kill him until God does. Paul the Apostle also mentioned something like this when he said Henceforth, let no man trouble me; for I bear branded on my body the marks of Jesus.
■Tattoo
This is another form of branding today. People put it on their bodies for different physical, social, spiritual, religious, cultism, professional or career factors.
Thanks for going through this piece. @Pastormike