1. The relationship between gods and humans in many African religions is truly unique. Many African religions are henotheistic, meaning there is one supreme god or deity who is more removed from normal human life and then there are many lesser gods or deities who are much more heavily involved in everyday human affairs. Due to this religious structure, many individuals who practice African religions pray and offer sacrifices only to lower deities as their High God does not care about the mundane matters of humans. The Dogon god Amma provides the best example of this example: According to the creation myth, Amma created the world out of mud and clay and then forcibly claimed it as her mate. From this relationship a single jackal was born, considered unhappy in the Dogon religion because twins are the ideal; it was said that the reason why a single jackal was born was the way Amma unjustly raped the Earth. After this initially unsuccessful union, Amma and Earth had another, more successful union in which they gave birth to supernatural twins who were named Nummo. These twins later became very important minor deities because they are very involved in the daily life of the Dogon, allowing Amma to retreat from this realm. This shows that the relationship the Dogon have with the Nummo is more personal and intimate than the relationship the Dogon have with Amma where the relationship is more distant, but still important.2. Many indigenous African religions see both birth and death as transitions between this world and the spirit world, which are strongly connected to each other. Although they are commonly referred to as ancestral spirits, this is inaccurate because...... middle of paper ...... the religions of these two peoples is that they see death and birth as transitions between this realm and the spirit realm ; however, reincarnation is not as prominent as in some North American religions. Interaction with "ancestral spirits" or spirits of the dead is also an important aspect of both of these religions. In both of these religions, the spirits of the deceased are called upon for guidance and can also be used to assist in the healing of an individual. However, there is an important distinction between these two religions when it comes to explaining how a spirit becomes good or bad: in indigenous North American religions, this depends solely on how devoted that person was to their religion and how much they prayed to their gods , but in indigenous African religions, it has more to do with how you are treated in the human world at the end of your life.