Shamanism: A religious practice that involves a practitioner (a shaman) reaching altered states of consciousness to interact with the spirit world. It shares similarities with animism in terms of belief in spirits.
Polytheism: The worship or belief in multiple deities usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses. Like animism, it is an ancient form of religion but focuses on multiple gods rather than spirits within objects.
Totemism: A system of belief in which humans are said to have kinship or a mystical relationship with a spirit-being such as an animal or plant. This concept often coexists with animistic beliefs.