POST5: RELIGIOUS BELIEF IN CULTURES
Compare and Contrast Throughout my project, I talked about religious beliefs-cosmology 772 spirit and gods 776-in three different cultures which are Yurok, Yoruba and Tongans. These cultures have some differences and similarities. First, Yoruba believe in spirits and gods as their religious system have a pantheon of deities who underpin an extensive system of cults (Barnes). Mystical power of a positive nature is associated with ancestors, the earth, deities place, medicine and charm (Barnes). Also, the Tongans believe in a multi deity world including Tangoloa, who pulled up certain island from the sea. There were traditional ...