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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

What do various religions and otherforms of spiritual belief have incommon; how are they different?

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What is animism?

Animism (from Latinanimus, -i "soul, life")

is a religious view that natural physical things

like animals, plants,

and even inanimate objects or phenomena, like rocks, the seaand sky, or thunderstorms

possess a spiritual essence and sometimes a soul

Unit One: Animism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_(spirit)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_(spirit)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin

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Ancient man looking to the stars as gods in the sky Viewing the sun as a living god

Believing in an animal spirit, like a wolf spirit

Worshipping certain types of trees that give important fruit

Belieivng that rocks hold spirits/souls inside them

How about an example?

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he word animism was used in anthropologyas a term for the religion of some

indigenous tribal peoples

x: The Sioux Native Americans

oruba Tree God: Chickenpox

ut be careful theres no such thing astribal religions! Anyone can believe inanimism, and tribal people can adapt to

and believe in any religion!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoplehttp://www.galafilm.com/chiefs/htmlen/sioux/lc_religion.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wboIQ0azy0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wboIQ0azy0http://www.galafilm.com/chiefs/htmlen/sioux/lc_religion.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_people

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History?

Holy texts?

Passed down?

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Clans;Tribes;

Families

Mystic/spirituallink between

animals/plants

and groups ofpeople

Humans

and natureare at anequal level

Humans are part ofnature and not

superior or seperatefrom it.

How is this differentfrom World Religions?

Totemsrepresentedby symbols

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Sacred sights

gods

Sacred animals

Sacred plants

Nature gods Protect against sickness Rain/Sun gods for planting Punishment/Sacrifice

Ancestor burial Spot to worship gods Gods exist in local natural objects (rocks/hills) Respect given to sights

Give food Healing medicines

Food Spirit guides Power (crocodile; wolf; jaguar

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ancestors

http://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/tmp/scratch_3//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Shaman_tableau.png

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http://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/tmp/scratch_3//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Shaman_tableau.pnghttp://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/tmp/scratch_3//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Shaman_tableau.png

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Wikipedia (BORING!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneration_of_the_deadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneration_of_the_deadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneration_of_the_deadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneration_of_the_dead