Animism
Culture Region (Region)
Location and number of adherents: It has about 232 Million followers, which are mostly located in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Teachings and Principles/Beliefs: They believe that everthing has a anima (Latin for soul or spirit) like animals, plants, rocks, mountains, rivers or stars. Each anima is a powerful spirit, which can help or hurt themselves and these are worshiped or feared. They practices spirit ism, witchcraft, divination and astrology. They think that the soul is seperated from bod
Icons: They use magic, spells, enchantments, superstitions, amulets, talismans, charms to protect them from the evil spirits and placate the good spirits, which are found in everything.
Events: Animists are often having lots of festivals, feasts, and celebrations, because it cater to a specific deity, keeps their souls happy, and content that the people will be blessed and healthy.
Teachings and Principles/Beliefs: They believe that everthing has a anima (Latin for soul or spirit) like animals, plants, rocks, mountains, rivers or stars. Each anima is a powerful spirit, which can help or hurt themselves and these are worshiped or feared. They practices spirit ism, witchcraft, divination and astrology. They think that the soul is seperated from bod
Icons: They use magic, spells, enchantments, superstitions, amulets, talismans, charms to protect them from the evil spirits and placate the good spirits, which are found in everything.
Events: Animists are often having lots of festivals, feasts, and celebrations, because it cater to a specific deity, keeps their souls happy, and content that the people will be blessed and healthy.
Diffusion (Mobility)
History: The Animist Worldview was originated in 10,000 BC. "Animism is characteristic of primitive social structures in tribal, often nomadic communities. It is typically associated with the early bronze age cultures of the pre-Christian era which lacked a writing system or written history. Without such written records, archaeologists piece together suggestions of what the societies practising animistic beliefs must have been like based on the artefacts found in burial mounds or excavations and the rituals and folk beliefs which have survived to the present time through the syncretic system which is religion in modern day SE Asia."
Types of Diffusion, including Barriers: Animist was diffused by Native Americans and most other religions such as Buddhism by relocation diffusion.
Leaders and Religious Founders: There is no known documented leaders, but Sir Edward Tylor, a English anthropologist, defined "the general doctrine of souls and other spiritual beings in general" in his book 'Primitive Culture' in year 1871. Persons who interact with the souls are shamans (male) and potters (female).
Sects and Fragmentations: Because animism is characteristic for many indigenous religions, their are many different tribes which have their own unique belief system, for example the Australian Aboriginal religion, Shinto (found in Japan), Voodoo and Native Americans.
Types of Diffusion, including Barriers: Animist was diffused by Native Americans and most other religions such as Buddhism by relocation diffusion.
Leaders and Religious Founders: There is no known documented leaders, but Sir Edward Tylor, a English anthropologist, defined "the general doctrine of souls and other spiritual beings in general" in his book 'Primitive Culture' in year 1871. Persons who interact with the souls are shamans (male) and potters (female).
Sects and Fragmentations: Because animism is characteristic for many indigenous religions, their are many different tribes which have their own unique belief system, for example the Australian Aboriginal religion, Shinto (found in Japan), Voodoo and Native Americans.
Religious Ecology (Nature-Culture)
Relationship with Nature: They believe that everything has a spirits and that must be worshiped, like animals.
Environment and Religion Interaction: There are many movements which protected the environment, because they thing that everything is equal, and has a spirit.
Environment and Religion Interaction: There are many movements which protected the environment, because they thing that everything is equal, and has a spirit.
Culture Integration (Globalization)
Economic Impacts and Relationship: They believe that the constitutes human difference in economy, society, psychology, and religion, then, is cultural, not biological. They believe that all humans are equal.
Pilgrimage: They only go on pilgrimage to a significant feature, which they want to worshiped. For example a sacred Waterfall in Japan.
Political impacts: Animism is forbidden in other religions like Christianity and the Islamic rules, which made a critical damage in animism.
Pilgrimage: They only go on pilgrimage to a significant feature, which they want to worshiped. For example a sacred Waterfall in Japan.
Political impacts: Animism is forbidden in other religions like Christianity and the Islamic rules, which made a critical damage in animism.
Cultural Landscapes (Cultural Landscapes)
Structures and Sacred Places and Spaces: There are no official text, and no symbols for animism. Nature is the structures, sacred places and also their worship place.