Primal or Local Religions quiz
How did Ashanti of western Africa become alienated or estranged from their god?
An old woman while mashing yams repeatedly struck Onyankopon with her pestle. Annoyed he left humans to be on their own
Which of the following refers to belief, common among primal or basic religions, that all things(rocks, trees, lakes, etc) are inhabited or enlivened by a spirit or soul?
Animism
Which of the following expressions, often found in primal or basic religions, promotes the revenant treatment of( as opposed to the destruction of exploitation of) the various aspects of the natural world(rocks, trees, buffalos, etc)
Aninism
How are the Navaho of North America alienated or estranged from the sacred powers of the world?
Coyote pulled down the arrow path to the spirit world, so unlike mother earth and all of nature when human beings die, they do not come back to life
In Native African religion this persons task is to discover the cause of present misfortune, to recover lost secrets, and to discern the future. This person may read patterns of nuts cast upon a surface in order to accomplish his/her task.
Diviner or Witch Doctor
Which of the following refers to a power object believed to possess a super ordinary energy which can be controlled for the purpose of protection, bringing good fortune, or perhaps even causing harm to others?
Fetish
Who was responsible for Pu-eng-yis accident?
His deceased ancestors
Illustrating the notion of the high god common to tribal or basic religions, why, according to the myth concerning the origin of alienation from Mozambique, does the high god(Nyammbi) distance himself from humanity(Kamonu)?
Humanity annoys the high god in various ways
Which of the following refers to the notion that god or sacred reality participates in all things while all things also participate in god or sacred reality?
Panetheism
How was sympathetic magic used in the hunting ritual of the native american tribe of the pueblo?
People dressed so that they looked like the intended prey and they were symbolically killed by the hunters of the tribe
Which of the following refers to the notions that those who die continue to live on as spirits in another dimension of reality and are capable of influencing the lives of those who have not yet tasted death
Spiritism
Which of the following common among primal religions, refers to the practice of identifying oneself, ones tribe, or ones family with an animal, plant, object or phenomenon?
Totemism
Which Native American myth anticipated the end of white oppresion, the restoration of Indian glory, the revival of Indian values, the return of Indian autonomy, and the resurrection of those Indians who had died in the struggle against the "white man"?
Wovoka's Ghost Dance
What kind of ritual among primal or basic religions often involves sexual wounding, circumcision for males or, perhaps, a clitoridectomy for females, so as to create an awareness of the sexual responsibilities of young adulthood?
a life-cycle rite of passage into puberty
What time do eschatological myths relate?
post-history or a time of last things
Which native american ritual might involve putting leather thongs through participants pectoral muscles and hanging the participants form a central pole?
the sun dance
Which native american ritual was performed in the "moon of the making fat" and was designed to show appreciation for some sacred gift: protection, bravery, power, endurance, victory, et cetera?
the sun dance
