Question

What were ancient religious practices of Oceania cultures?

(Select all that apply.)

Ancient Oceanic religions had ritual taboos concerning menstruation and reproduction.

Ancient Oceanic religion was based on deism and agnosticism.

Ancient Oceanic religion was based on polytheism and animism.

Ancient Oceanic religions used shamans to communicate with spirits.

Answer 1

The correct answers to this question are C) Ancient Oceanic religion was based on polytheism and animism, and D) Ancient Oceanic religions used shamans to communicate with spirits.

Ancient religious practices of Oceania cultures were based on polytheism and animism and used shamans to communicate with spirits.

These people lived in the Pacific Islands and were many cultures that had different traditions and polytheistic religious ideas. These people also revered mother nature and believed in the spirit of animals and trees. Their religious leaders called shamans got into deep trances and communicated with the spirits of nature. These ancient native people inhabited the territories of what today is Australia, New Zeland, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, and Guam.

Answer 2

The religious practices of ancient oceania were based on polytheism and antinism.

The primitive peoples of Oceania did not distinguish the natural world from the supernatural world. Those people still did not have the courage to understand the phenomena of nature as the menstruation and the pregnancy as a natural thing, but as a positive work of the spirits.

In addition, these people also believed that supernatural powers roamed them and believed that war movements were negative influences of the spirits.

In short, these cultures attach great importance to the veneration of the ancestors and in nonhuman entities as a spiritual essence.