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Indigenous Peoples in North America: East
Indigenous Peoples have thrived across the eastern portion of present day United States for more than 10,000 years, forming hundreds of distinct cultures and Nations. In this video learn about the Wampanoag, Anishinaabeg, and Cherokee...
PBS
Kasogonagá: Sky Deity and Absolute Cutie
A sky deity falling from the sky sounds bad, right? Not if it’s the Kasogonagá! From the mythology of the Toba peoples of South America, this god of lightning, thunder, and rain appears as a small, hairy anteater-like creature and needs...
Religion for Breakfast
Animism: The First Religion?
Anthropologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries hypothesized that animism was the earliest religion. But later scholars have called this theory into question. What is animism? And how should we categorize it? This video was...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Early Belief Systems
This unit explores how humans seem to naturally be drawn to supernatural beliefs and how those religious beliefs aid in forming and sometimes defining many cultures.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Transcendent in Primal Religions: Lesson 2
This lesson will provide an overview of ideas of the transcendent emerging from primal religious traditions. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "The Transcendent in Primal Religions."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Transcendent in Primal Religions: Lesson 3
This lesson will provide an overview of ideas of the transcendent emerging from primal religious traditions. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "The Transcendent in Primal Religions."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Animism: Lesson 2
Explore the historical implications of animism. This lesson is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Animism."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Animism: Lesson 4
Explore the historical implications of animism. This lesson is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Animism."