<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">animism</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>religious ideologies</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>animist</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the belief in spiritual beings capable of influencing human events, based on the idea that animals, plants and even inanimate objects have souls like humans. The 19th-century anthropologist Edward Tylor thought it to be the earliest form of religion, a view not accepted by modern anthropologists. ]]></note></mads>