Animism is the world-view or perception that all types of natural phenomena, including non-human organisms and often even landforms and inanimate objects, may possess distinct spiritual essences, soul
Edward Tylor developed animism as an anthropological theory.
Five Ojibwe chiefs in the 19th century. It was anthropological studies of Ojibwe religion that resulted in the development of the "new animism".
Animist altar, Bozo village, Mopti, Bandiagara, Mali, in 1972
Ingrown sculpture of human head in a tree trunk in Laos
The Kalash, or Kalasha, are a small Indo-Aryan indigenous people native to the Chitral region in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. They form the smallest ethnoreligious group in Pakistan, p
Kalash girls photographed in April 2016
Kalash folk dance during celebrations