Animism (from Latin: anima meaning 'breath, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence...
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Look up animism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Animism is the belief that all objects, places, and creatures possess a distinct spiritual essence...
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Hausa animism, Maguzanci or Bori is a pre-Islamic traditional religion of the Hausa people of West Africa that involves magic and spirit possession. While...
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According to classical sources[who?], the ancient Celts were animists. They honoured the forces of nature, saw the world as inhabited by many spirits,...
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Techno-animism or technoanimism is a culture of technological practice where technology is imbued with human and spiritual characteristics. It assumes...
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Tai folk religion (redirect from Animism in laos)
Copenhagen, Denmark: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. Ireson, W. Randall. "Animism in Laos". A country study: Laos (Andrea Matles Savada, editor). Library...
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Touhou Chireiden ~ Subterranean Animism (Japanese: 東方地霊殿 ~ Subterranean Animism, lit. "Eastern Palace of the Earth Spirits") is the eleventh main game...
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religion Ka Niamtre Paoch animism Santal religion Sarnaism Senoi ethnic religion Sora traditional beliefs Tampuan animism Ta Oi animism Amis native religion...
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Animism is a Canadian animated television series that airs on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network's APTN Kids block. Animated for APTN by Zeroes...
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David Jhave Johnston (section Aesthetic Animism)
and analysis of the theories of animism in language arts and its practice in computer-based arts." In Aesthetic Animism, Johnston argues that the dynamic...
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Animism is the third studio album by Canadian Inuk musician Tanya Tagaq, released May 27, 2014 on Six Shooter Records. The album won the 2014 Polaris...
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can also be applied to other living or even non-living entities, as in animism. The Modern English noun soul is derived from Old English sāwol, sāwel...
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Adivasi (redirect from Animism in India)
notion of animism—for him the first religion—included the assumption that early Homo sapiens had invested animals and plants with souls ... "Animism". Contributed...
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Christo-Paganism (redirect from Christian animism)
978-0738731650. Wallace, Mark I. (2019). When God was a bird: Christianity, animism, and the re-enchantment of the world. Groundworks: ecological issues in...
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Traditional Sámi spiritual practices and beliefs are based on a type of animism, polytheism, and what anthropologists may consider shamanism. The religious...
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Aliran Kepercayaan (redirect from Animism in Indonesia)
Department's states: Sizeable populations in Java, Kalimantan, and Papua practice animism and other types of traditional belief systems termed "Aliran Kepercayaan...
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percentage of people adheres to Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Animism, Zoroastrianism & Judaism or are Irreligious Hinduism had existed in the...
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evolutionary stages in a culture's development. He also coined the term animism. Tylor disagreed with Herbert Spencer, another founder of anthropology...
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Mizo religion (redirect from Lushai animism)
Mizo religion, also known as Lushai animism, is an indigenous polytheistic ethnic religion that was practiced by the majority of the Mizo people before...
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Karen people (section Animism)
languages. The majority of Karen are Theravada Buddhists who also practice animism, while approximately 15–30 percent are Christian. Lowland Pwo-speaking...
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smallest ethnoreligious group, practicing what authors consider as a form of animism and ancestor worship with elements of Indo-Iranian (Vedic- or Hindu-like)...
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Mana (Oceanian cultures) (section Pre-animism)
island of pure 'pre-animism' is to be found.": xxvi Like Tylor, he theorizes a thread of commonality between animism and pre-animism identified with the...
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Modern paganism (section Animism and pantheism)
various religions and philosophies with historical paganism. Polytheism, animism, and pantheism are common features across pagan theology. Modern pagans...
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Spirit (animating force) (section Animism)
as the engine in a factory moves the machinery in it. Various forms of animism, such as Japan's Shinto and African traditional religion, focus on invisible...
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natives of the Indonesian archipelago originally practised indigenous animism and dynamism, beliefs that are common to Austronesian peoples. They worshipped...
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Religion in Botswana (redirect from Animism in Botswana)
group they led to convert as well. Before the arrival of Christianity, Animism was the prevailing belief system of the country.[citation needed] The London...
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reintroduced the term animism (faith in the individual soul or anima of all things and natural manifestations) into common use. He regarded animism as the first...
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Burmese folk religion (redirect from Animism in Burma)
Richard Carnac (1906). The Thirty-Seven Nats. London: W. Griggs. pp. 24–25. "Animism has Deep Roots in Burmese Culture". Retrieved 5 March 2014. Rodrigue, Yves...
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over time to include many regional beliefs originating from Hinduism, animism, as well as ancestor worship. The official calendar in Thailand is based...
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William McDougall (psychologist) (section Animism)
psychology. In 1911, McDougall authored Body and Mind: A History and Defence of Animism. In the work he rejected both materialism and Darwinism and supported a...
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