Articles related to "Animism"

Charms and fetishes are possibly one of the oldest and longest lived aspects of spiritualism there is. Their existence ranges from the Stone Age to the modern day.

Shinto is the ancient animist tradition that held together the various tribes (uji) of Japan. What beliefs are there in Shinto?

How, when and why did people drink during the Tang Dynasty?

What kinds of monsters and magic existed in the ancient Indian imagination?

The belief that nature contains a living spirit or energy is a thread that runs through many religions.

Genghis Khan was the world's greatest conqueror. Yet his resting place remains undiscovered, despite numerous attempts to find it. Why was there such a mystery?

There are approximately 550,000 people in Thailand's Hill Tribes, but of the 20 or so tribes, the dominant ones are quite distinctive.

This is a brief overview of the elements often found in Thai horror-comedies for the general film enthusiast. These are Thai films for Thai audiences.

Statues of the Lord Buddha are everywhere in Thailand but one giant Buddha is inescapable even from the air - that on the holiday island of Koh Samui.

This Indonesian island paradise had fallen on hard times, especially after recent catastrophes, but has rebounded by using its natural beauty and cultural traditions.

On a plain beneath the outermost edge of the Himalayan range lies Chiang Rai, until recently one of Thailand's best kept secrets. It's Thailand's Northern Gem.

Fur trader and explorer Alexander Ross described the culture of the Native Americans in the costal areas of Washington and Oregon prior to substantial Euopean contact.

A look into the mythology of Hawaii that is sometimes over looked but yet quite unique.

Some innovative fantasy novels incorporate world views from non-Western cultures, both past and present.

Druids are Pagans. Originally, the term meant country dweller. It evolved to mean those who did not practice the JudeoChristian Tradition.

Written by Michelle Paver, Wolf Brother is the first book in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series. Meet Torak, a young boy in a strange land fighting a dark destiny.

From the first recorded interactions between mankind and his gods to the rise of Christianity, the High Places and the heavens separated the creator from creation.

She is elusive and enigmatic. Both feared and loved, the witch embodies the human struggle to manipulate creation itself.