ANTH 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Cave Painting, Polytheism
4 Mar 2016
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Animatism: a belief that the world is animated by impersonal supernatural powers. (p. 279) Animism: a belief in spirit beings thought to animate nature. (p. 279) Contagious magic: magic based on the principle that beings once in contact can influence one another after separation. (p. 289) Imitative magic: magic based on the principle that like produces like. For example, early cave art depicting animals with arrows in them has been interpreted as imitative magic, in that by drawing such images they would come true. (p. 289) Incorporation: in rites of passage, reincorporation of the individual into society in his or her new status. (p. 283) Myth: a sacred narrative explaining how the world came to be in its present form. (p. 280) Pantheon: a collection of gods and goddesses. (p. 278) Polytheism: belief in several gods and/ or goddesses (as contrasted with monotheism belief in one god). (p. 278) Priest or priestess: a full-time religious specialist. (p. 280)
