ORIGIN/MAJOR LEADERS

• No decided founder
• Was founded simultaneously throughout the world
• Not much else is known of the origin
• Animism is applied to any religion that has spirits that affect the physical world

TENETS AND BELIFS

• A shaman holds power in the spirit world
• Everything has a spirt
• Not all spirits are benevolent
• Spirit world is infused with everything
• Humans must make an effort to stay on the goodside of spirits

SPLITS IN BELIEFS/NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS

• There are many diffrent forms of animism
• For example there's tenguism which is the mongolian form of shamnism
• The number of followers is unknown

COOL FACTOIDS

• Formed around the world
• Formed around the same time
• Has small secret communitys

HOW IT AFFECTS THE WORLD

• Animism contains small powerful communities

SOURCES

• Regentsprep.org

BY:MARK NORTON AND MONTTANA ______

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