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One similarity between Japanese Shintoism and African animism is the belief that

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Everything in nature and spirit should be respected, or belief that spirits exist in nature.
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The belief that spirits live in nature

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Japanese Shintoism is an ancient religion in Japan alongside Buddhism. it is a religion that beliefs in the ways of the gods. they also believe in the existence of spirits in the nature of creatures i.e every human or animal has a spirit soul inside of it.

while African Animism is the belief that everything living in nature has a spirit soul inside of it, whether it is a living thing like with animals or not and this spirit living in them is also believed to have the ability to either help or harm humans. the spirits are believed to be that of their ancestors roaming the earth.

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