Editing Fetishism (section)

==Practice==
[[File:Voodo-fetischmarkt-Lomé.jpg|thumb|300px|A voodoo fetish market in [[Lomé]], [[Togo]], 2008]]
The use of the concept in the study of religion derives from studies of traditional West African religious beliefs, as well as from [[West African Vodun|Vodun]], which in turn derives from those beliefs.

Fetishes were commonly used in some [[Native American religions]] and practices.<ref name="NM">{{Cite magazine |date=August 2008 |title=Animals: fact and folklore |magazine=[[New Mexico Magazine]] |pages=56–63}}</ref> For example, the [[bear]] represented the [[shaman]], the [[American Bison|buffalo]] was the provider, the [[mountain lion]] was the warrior, and the [[wolf]] was the pathfinder, the cause of the [[war]].<ref name=NM />