Discuss the Ewe’s sacred worldview
What will be an ideal response?
• Religion has an "all-pervasive influence on the intimate life of the family and community."
• All things in nature and "artificial protuberances are worshipped as divine or the abode of divinities [Locke citing Fiawo]."
• "Ancestral spirits are an important force in the lives of the Ewe people [Locke citing Nukunya]."
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What will be an ideal response?
The Italian term for “beautiful singing” is:
a. col legno b. bel canto c. Gesamtkunstwerk d. verismo e. legato
Yoruba palaces had elaborately decorated __________
A. lintels B. cantilevering C. corbelling D. woodcarving
Who was the central deity in Minoan religion?
A) ?a being that is half-man and half-wolf B) ?a river god C) ?a sun god D) ?there is not enough evidence to know