RELIGIONS
ANIMISM
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ancestor spirits were known as umalagad (lit. “guardian” or “caretaker"). They can be the spirits of actual ancestors or generalized guardian spirits of a family.
Detailed explanation-2: -r (Aboakyir), CandomblZ, or Santeria in Africa or the African Diaspora, ancestor worship centers on the ancestors and deities. This makes it a tenably viable religion, because living descendants are genetically linked to their ancestors.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ancestral beliefs are deeply dependent on the premise that the souls of the dead may return to the living and influence their lives; that it is possible and acceptable for the living to communicate with the dead and lastly that the living are able to exert an effect on the destiny of deceased ancestors.