Animism is the belief that animals, plants, rivers, mountains, and other entities in nature contain an inner spiritual essence.
Animistic religious beliefs are widespread among primitive societies, particularly among those in which many different spiritual beings are believed to control
Animists are highly syncretistic. Judaism, Christianity, Islam are monotheistic, calling for the worship of one god and a distinct denial of all other gods, but animism is not, but quite to the contrary.
