NAME THE RELIGIOUS QUESTION of the following:
What is our essential nature? Are humans by nature
good or evil? Suffering is an important part of who
we are as humans.
What is the human condition?
100
Supernatural beings that emerged and roamed
about the earth.
Who are the Ancestors?
100
The lesser deities (gods) who are sacred sources of power are known as.
What are Orishas?
100
Also known as the Western Sioux this tribe inhabited Montana, Wyoming and eastern regions of the Dakotas and parts of Nebraska.
Who are the Lakota?
100
The earliest people, foundation of the Aztecs and the ideal society that formed many ideas of religion we hold today.
What is Toltec?
200
This dimension of religion deals with how certain people experienced the divine. Such examples are Gautama (Buddha) and Muhammed and Allah.
What is the EXPERIENTIAL dimension?
200
The mythic period of the Ancestors and creation is
known as this.
What is the Dreaming?
200
The supreme god of the Yoruba who is aloof and distant.
Who is Olorun?
200
Wakan Tanka is literally translated as
What is "most sacred"?
200
This sacrifice was made to nourish specifically the sun. What part am I?
What is the heart?
300
Overcoming the normal limitations imposed by the human conditions.?Examples include overcoming?the need to drink or do drugs.
What is Transcendence?
300
The Aborigine is a living representation of an Ancestor.
This relationship is symbolized by...
What is a totem?
300
The creator of earth
Who is Orisha-nla?
300
My name means "spider" and I am a Lakota trickster figure.
Who is Inktomi?
300
The Aztecs believed the spatial world had this many quadrants.
What is 4?
400
Transmission of knowledge to human beings, typically thorugh myths or some form of religious experiences.
What is Revelation?
400
The Aboriginal religion is the entire process of RECREATING the mythic past of the Dreaming in order to tap into its sacred power. This is done through
What is Ritual?
400
The trickster, troublemaker, who has good and evil
and the god of war and iron are (name both gods)
Who are Esu and Ogun?
400
Starts at a sweat lodge for purification, continuing with fasting from food and water; this spiritual journey is taken by every person entering into puberty.
What is Vision Quest?
400
This type of sacrifice occurred every 20 days to nourish the sun.
What is human sacrifice?
500
This aspect is found in Hinduism and other religions in which the individual becomes one with the divine through inward contemplation.
What is Mysticism?
500
The basic structure that dictates that certain things and activities (owing to their sacred nature) are set aside for specific members of the group.
What is Taboo?
500
The two types of ancestors are..
What are family and deified?
500
This ritual begins in the beginning of the summer and is performed in preparation for the great annual buffalo hunt.
What is the Sun Dance?
500
Our Lady of Guadalupe is also known as this Aztec goddess. She is referred to this goddess even today.