Which of the following is part of Tylor’s theory of “primitive” people and their religious worship?
a. Primitive people believed that souls were to be found not only in people but in all of nature.
b. When primitive people dreamed of the dead, they came to believe that the former heroes were actually alive in another world or another form.
c. Deceased ancestors had no effect on the living at all.
d. Deceased ancestors had no personalities.
Answer: a
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A. the "unclean." B. Satan. C. this world. D. Yahweh.
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