Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Associated Concepts Facet
3. Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
4. [religions and religious concepts]
5. religions (belief systems, cultures)

Anotations

Scope note:

General term for religions based on obeisance to or reverence of the spirits of the dead, particularly ancestors, who may be considered capable of influencing the physical world or interceding on behalf of the living to the gods.