ANA300Y1 Final: FINAL EXAM NOTES
Document Summary
Heaven, earth, underworld, celestial realm wave- constant change, never the same, cannot separate religion and cultural. Wilfred cantwell smith religion in the singular", history of human religiosity in broadest sense. God born in human form was taking root. Religious movements act as waves modifying environments, creating new conditions which are usually familiar to those accepting it. Carvings indicate some kind of ritual being practiced, mostly to appease spirits. More dangerous the community in terms of hunting and fighting to survive, the greater the ritualistic practices. Natural phenomena acts like humans when they interact with each other. Many of these spirits are considered to be negative figures such as trolls, witches, scare-offs. Diseases were often affiliated with these spirits and rituals were done in order to scare them off e. g. sri lankans offered a live chicken. Shamans were often qualified after doing a kind of vision quest ultimately proving his physical abilities to endure fear and hardship.
