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AETIOLOGY Today the study of natural phenomena , but primitive people employed naturally occurring events in initiations , religious practices and rituals . AFTERLIFE Believed to be where the spirit went after bodily death ; also known ...
AETIOLOGY Today the study of natural phenomena , but primitive people employed naturally occurring events in initiations , religious practices and rituals . AFTERLIFE Believed to be where the spirit went after bodily death ; also known ...
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CYCLE OF LIFE Cycle of birth , death and afterlife or reincarnation , depending on specific religions or beliefs . DEGENERATION Where myths are infiltrated by the influence of the different world religions that they resemble , leading ...
CYCLE OF LIFE Cycle of birth , death and afterlife or reincarnation , depending on specific religions or beliefs . DEGENERATION Where myths are infiltrated by the influence of the different world religions that they resemble , leading ...
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SHAMANISM Oldest - known form of organised religion , belief in the power of shamans who transact between the human and ... SHRINE Religious places of worship marked by statues , rocks , buildings , crosses or gifts to be offered to or ...
SHAMANISM Oldest - known form of organised religion , belief in the power of shamans who transact between the human and ... SHRINE Religious places of worship marked by statues , rocks , buildings , crosses or gifts to be offered to or ...
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