World Religions Final: Primal Religions

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  1. 1. Mesoamerican creator god worshipped at Teotihuacan and by the Toltecs; believed by the Aztecs to have presided over a golden age.
  2. 6. Supernatural beings who emerged and roamed the earth during the time of the Dreaming, giving shape to the landscape and creating various forms of life (Australian Aboriginals).
  3. 9. A natural entity that symbolizes an individual or group and that has special significance for the religious life of that individual or group (Australian Aboriginals).
  4. 10. ___ Quetzalcoatl, prince king of the Toltecs(Aztec).
  5. 12. A type of supernatural being who tends to disrupt the normal course of life.
  6. 13. Creator of the earth (Yoruba).
  7. 15. The hundred of various Yoruba deities who are the main objects of ritual attention (Yoruba).
  8. 16. Aztec mother goddess, referred to as the Virgin Mary.
  9. 17. A means of seeking spiritual power through an encounter with a guardian spirit or other medium following a period of fasting and other forms of self-denial (Lakota).
  10. 19. The trickster figure that mediates between heaven and earth (Yoruba).
  11. 20. Capital city of the Aztec empire, believed to be the center of the world.
  12. 21. An entity such as a mountain, tree, or pole that is believed to connect the heavens and the earth and is sometimes regarded as the center of the world.
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  1. 2. A system of social ordering that dictates that specific objects and activities are set aside for specific groups and are strictly forbidden (Australian Aboriginals).
  2. 3. Lakota name for the supreme reality, often referring collectively to sixteen separate deities.
  3. 4. The Lakota trickster figure.
  4. 5. The origin of the entire cosmos (Aztec).
  5. 7. Ritual practitioners who specialize in the art of divination (Yoruba).
  6. 8. The use of various techniques for gaining knowledge about an individual's future or about the cause of a personal problem
  7. 11. The supreme god (Yoruba).
  8. 14. Ritual of the Lakota and other tribes of the North American Plains that celebrates the new year and prepares the tribe for the annual bison hunt; performed in the late spring or early summer in a specifically constructed lodge.
  9. 18. Where the ritual of purification occurs prior to one’s vision quest; its structure is intended to represent the universe (Lakota).