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45 Cards in this Set
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Divination
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Technique of for telling the future
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Reincarnation
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Act of putting a soul back into another body after death
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Animism
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Everything is alive
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Mantu
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Soul of nature (animals, human)
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Sacred
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Set apart for worship
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Rituals
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Religious ceremonies
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Profane
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Non-religious
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Myth
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Story with supernatural beings
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Transmigration
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Travel across from human to animal (another form of reincarnation)
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Totem
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Ancestor symbol of the tribe
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Hopi
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People of peace
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Kiva
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Underground chamber for sacred Hopi ceremonies
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Kachinas
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Hopi masked dancers who act as gods
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Monotheism
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Believing in one god
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Polytheism
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Believing in many gods
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Atheism
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Denial of gods existence
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Agonostism
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Doubting gods existence
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Vision Quest
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Native American search for personal spirit
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Wakan Taka
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Great Spirit
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Secular
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Not spiritual or worldly
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Theism
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Belief in a god or gods
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Ba
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Soul
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Akhenaton
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Solar disk, monotheistic pharaoh
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Osirus
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Lord of the underworld, brother of Seth and husband of Isis
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Isis
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Goddess of the dead, wife of Osirus
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Seth
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Stole the third eye, brother of Osirus
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Horus
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Symbolized by the falcon, son of Osirus and Isis
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Obulisk
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Ray of the sun (Washington monument)
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Aton
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Sun god (disk)
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Ankh
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Symbol of immortality
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Akh
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Ghost
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Potlatch
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Native American gift ceremony, who can give the best gift
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Taboo
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"Do not touch" (sacred)
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Amulet
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Charm
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Aztecs
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Pyramid builders of Mexico
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Incas
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Mountain people of Peru
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Pyramid
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Artificial mountain used for burial
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Pharaoh
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Ruler of Egyptians
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Besonge
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African Tribe; Congo River
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Zulu
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African Tribe; South Africa
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Yoruba
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African Tribe; Nigeria
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Human Needs?
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Food, clothing, and shelter
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Scriptures
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Sacred writing
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Rite of Passage
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Birth > Puberty > Marriage > Death
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Shaman
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People with the ability to control spirits
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