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African Mythology

 

VOCABULARY CONCEPTS 
ASSOCIATED WITH AFRICAN MYTHOLOGY

 

 

Word

Definition

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Kemet

Ancient Egypt

 

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monogenetic

 

 one source for mankind

 

 

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polygenetic

 several locations of origin

 

 

 

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 metaphysics

philosophy ` deals with ultimate composition of reality - relationship between mind and matter, the supernatural

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 exogamy

custom of marrying outside of tribe (or social order)

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 syncretism

merging of 2 or more different systems of belief

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 animism

conscious life in nature; spiritual beings separate from their bodies

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 cosmogony

study of origin and evolution of universe

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