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The Sjowaázh traditionally believed in a "spirit-complex" which links all spirits together. A spirit leaves the spirit-complex when a person is born, and one's spirit reenters it upon death. This spirit-complex was held to be the source of morality. Since everyone is of the spirit-complex, morality involves both respect for the living and the dead. Hence shamanism and ancestor veneration is not unusual even in modern Sjowaázh society. | The Sjowaázh traditionally believed in a "spirit-complex" which links all spirits together. A spirit leaves the spirit-complex when a person is born, and one's spirit reenters it upon death. This spirit-complex was held to be the source of morality. Since everyone is of the spirit-complex, morality involves both respect for the living and the dead. Hence shamanism and ancestor veneration is not unusual even in modern Sjowaázh society. | ||
===In Sjowaázh society=== | ===In Sjowaázh society=== | ||
Religion is not hugely important in Sjowaázh society. Syncretism (commonly with Naquian theaterism and Hetmic religion) is common and tolerated. | Religion is not hugely important in Sjowaázh society. Syncretism (commonly with Naquian theaterism and Hetmic religion) is common and tolerated though shamans are often viewed as lower class. | ||