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Agency
The idea that an object possesses qualities that help to effect change.
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Animism
The belief that the forces of nature are inhabited by living spirits.
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Anthropomorphism
The practice of investing plants, animals, and nautral phenomena with human form or attributes.
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Civilization
A culture that possesses the ability to organize itself thoroughly and communicates through written language.
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Cromlech
A circle of megaliths, usually surrounding a mound.
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Culture
The set of vaules, beliefs, and behaviors that governs or determines a common way of living formed gy a group of people and passes on from one generation to the next.
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Epic
A long narrative poem in an elevated language that follows characters of a high postition through a series of adventures, often including a visit to the world of the dead.
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Megalith
Literally, "big stone", large, usually rough, stones used in a monument or structure.
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Menhir
A large, single, upright stone.
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Myth
A story that a culture assumes is true. A myth also embodies the culture's views and beliefs about its world.
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Stele
An upright stone slab carved with a commemorative design or inscription.
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