World Religions - Chapter 02 - Indigenous Religions

They believed they were living in the fifth and final age of the sun.

One of their initiation rites involves removing the lower front teeth of young men

The primary god of their pantheon is Olorun

Their Ancestors were highly influenced by the Toltec people

The Aztecs believed that the human heart nourished the

They are native to Mesoamerica

Their Ancestors formed the world in the time of Dreaming

They are native to West Central Africa

They are native to Australia

Their ultimate reality is the Wakan Tanka

They are native to the plains of North America

The belief that certain tasks/activities are set aside for some and forbidden to others.

Their Ancestors left numerous cave paintings of their mythic stories.

A pivot point around which the world revolves

This dance was performed by the Lakota in preparation for their buffalo hunt

The central focus of their cosmology is the Serpent Mountain in Tenochtitlan.

The Aztecs were defeated by this explorer

They practiced human sacrifice

They practice the vision quest as a means of obtaining spiritual knowledge or power.

The central point of their universe is the city of Ife