Ethnic Religion - Indigenous Traditional Ethnic Religions

Indigenous Traditional Ethnic Religions

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African traditional religions
  • North Africa
    • Traditional Berber religion
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Central and Southern Africa
      • Bantu mythology
    • West Africa
      • Odinani (Igbo)
      • Vodun and Yoruba religion (Western Africans)
      • Serer religion (West Africa)
    • partially derived Afro-American religion
      • Candomblé, Umbanda and Quimbanda (Brazilians)
      • Kumina and Rastafarianism (Jamaicans)
      • Marialionzanism (Venezuelans)
      • Santería, Regla de Arará, Regla de Palo (Cubans)
      • Haitian Vodou (Haitians)
      • Louisianan Voodoo (Louisianan African Americans)
      • Winti (Surinamese)
East and Central Asia

(c.f. East Asian religions)

  • Chinese Ethnic Religion or Shenism, and Taoism (Hans)
  • Dongbaism (Nakhi)
  • Muism or Sinism (Koreans)
  • Shinto (Japanese)
  • Ryukyuan Shinto and Ijun (Ryukyuans)
  • Bön (Tibetans)
  • Tengriism (Turko-Mongols), historical
Near East
  • Druze (Levantine Arabs)
  • Judaism (Jews), historically originates in the Levant
  • Mandaeism
  • Samaritanism
  • Yazdânism (Kurds)
  • Zoroastrianism (Persians, Parsi, and other Iranians)
South Asia
  • Sikhism and Ravidassia (Punjabi)
  • Hinduism and Jainism (Indians, Indian diaspora), Folk Hinduism:
  • Kirant Mundhum (Kirats)
  • Tribal religions in India
    • Donyipoloism (Arunachali)
    • Santhal religion
    • Sanamahism (Meitei)
Northern Asia and Arctic
  • Siberian Shamanism
  • Sami shamanism / Noaidi
  • Eskimo shamanism / Inuit mythology
American ethnic religions
  • Northern American religions and Peyotism
  • Anishinaabe traditional beliefs
  • Ancient Mexicah Religion, Santa Muerte Worship
  • Maya religion (ethnic Maya; Guatemalans)
Europe
  • historical polytheism (Greek, Roman, Celtic, Germanic, Slavic etc.)
  • contemporary folk religion (Folk Catholicism); Neo-pagan revivalism

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