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Animism is used in anthropology of religion as a term for the belief system of many Indigenous peoples [8] in contrast to the relatively more recent development of organized religions. [9] Animism is a metaphysical belief which focuses on the supernatural universe: specifically, on the concept of the immaterial soul. [10]
[32] [33] Müller noted that the hymns of the Rigveda, the oldest scripture of Hinduism, mention many deities, but praises them successively as the "one ultimate, supreme God" (called saccidānanda in some traditions), alternatively as "one supreme Goddess", [34] thereby asserting that the essence of the deities was unitary , and the deities ...
The Great Spirit is an omnipresent supreme life force, generally conceptualized as a supreme being or god, in the traditional religious beliefs of many, but not all, indigenous cultures in Canada and the United States. Interpretations of it vary between cultures. In the Lakota tradition, the Great Spirit is known as Wakan Tanka.
Incarnate Lord, Lairen (Lai- God, Len- Supreme) Deity Pakhangba, O golden one, Goddess of the waters, Ruler of the rivers: Golden Goddess (Laisana) fair and beautiful one: For you, Lord and Lady, in order to call up your souls, We have poured the rice on the finest of banana leaves, And on it have placed the fertile egg and the langthrei buds.
Rigvedic deities are deities mentioned in the sacred texts of Rigveda, the principal text of the historical Vedic religion of the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE).. There are 1,028 hymns (sūkta) in the Rigveda.
Leimarel Sidabi, the supreme goddess has incarnated several times in various forms with diverse attributes. Hikubi Yaikubi ( Meitei : ꯍꯤꯀꯨꯕꯤ ꯌꯥꯢꯀꯨꯕꯤ ), Goddess of gems. Irai Leima ( Meitei : ꯏꯔꯥꯢ ꯂꯩꯃ ), Goddess of water, daughter of Salailen, the sky God, who sent her down to earth to bring prosperity to ...
In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. [1] In polytheistic belief systems, a god is "a spirit or being believed to have created, or for controlling some part of the universe or life, for which such a deity is often worshipped". [2]
In 1898, the Scottish anthropologist Andrew Lang proposed that the idea of a Supreme Being, the "high God", or "All Father" existed among some of the simplest of contemporary tribes prior to their contact with Western peoples, [2] and that Urmonotheismus ("primitive monotheism") was the original religion of humankind.