RLGA01H3 : World Religion ch 1.docx
Document Summary
Horseshoe pattern opening towards sun and capped with lintels. Upper most level (sky), home of deities. Apparent movement of the sun, stars and planets across the sky. Led early humans to believe that the heavenly bodies were living entities animated by their own individual spirits gods and goddesses. In heavens: sky father, creator and king of heaven. Under the earth lived the spirits of serpents or reptilian monsters evil. Between the sky and the underworld lay earth where humans live. Mountains and hill tops closest to sky. Humans feel unusual feelings of energy and power. Power objects" bulls, bears, lions, and eagles. People have attributed magical properties to objects. Bear claws or eagle feather, wearing them as amulets or hanging them in the doorways. Corpse head facing east rebirth in another realm. Grave goods help dead in afterlife. Japanese obon, mexican day of the dead and etc. Uncertainty of surrounding natural events to the sense of control over nature.
