Polytheism is the belief in or worship of more than one god. According to Oxford Reference, it is not easy to count gods, and so not always obvious whether...

polytheistic practices is between so-called soft polytheism and hard polytheism. "Soft" polytheism is the belief that different gods may be psychological...

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indigenous Arabian polytheism, ancient Semitic religions, Christianity, Judaism, Mandaeism, Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. Arabian polytheism, the dominant form...

Greece as well as the western empire. The initial decline of Greco-Roman polytheism was due in part to its syncretic nature, assimilating beliefs and practices...

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divinities with particular functions. The last stages of Mesopotamian polytheism, which developed in the 2nd and 1st millennia BC, introduced greater emphasis...

polytheists. Another more general name for this religion is Hellenic polytheism or paganism. This term is used most often outside of Greece. Some academics...

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word for 'polytheism', ildiachas, is in use by at least one group on the West Coast of the US as Ildiachas Atógtha ('Reconstructed Polytheism'). In 2000...

mythology (Lithuanian: Lietuvių mitologija) is the mythology of Lithuanian polytheism, the religion of pre-Christian Lithuanians. Like other Indo-Europeans...

Christians considered Roman religion to be paganism. Ultimately, Roman polytheism was brought to an end with the adoption of Christianity as the official...

century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism. In the time of the Roman Empire...

vol. 1, p. 277; Parker, Polytheism and Society at Athens, p. 409. Aeschylus, Suppliants frg. 202, as cited by Parker, Polytheism and Society at Athens,...

economy of the third and fourth centuries struggled, and traditional polytheism was expensive. Roger S. Bagnall reports that imperial financial support...

Baltic Finnic paganism, or Baltic Finnic polytheism was the indigenous religion of the various of the Baltic Finnic peoples, specifically the Finns, Estonians...

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"In Praise of Polytheism (On Monomythical and Polymythical Thinking)" (German: Lob des Polytheismus. Über Monomythie und Polymythie) is an essay by the...

defined, as it is used by different belief systems. Under monotheism and polytheism this is clearly delineated. However, in pantheism and animism this becomes...

Dietrich von Bern Mannaz Common Germanic deities Germanic king Anglo-Saxon polytheism List of Germanic deities Jacob Grimm: Deutsche Mythologie. 1835. Wolfgang...

breastplate, and in general any utterance considered prophetic. In Celtic polytheism, divination was performed by the priestly caste, either the druids or...

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converted from Manichaeism to Christianity, criticised the Manichaeans for polytheism and paganism, stating that Manichaeans, due to their dualistic cosmology...

 'association') in Islam is a sin often roughly translated as 'idolatry' or 'polytheism', but more accurately meaning 'association [with God]'. It refers to accepting...

Gothic paganism or Gothic polytheism was the original religion of the Goths before their conversion to Christianity. The Goths first appear in historical...

of Judah and Israel. The term "monotheism" is often contrasted with "polytheism", but many scholars prefer other terms such as monolatry, henotheism,...

Tagalog religion mainly consists of Tagalog Austronesian religious elements, supplemented with other elements later obtained from Hinduism, Mahayana Buddhism...

Economist Mario Ferrero suggests that Zoroastrianism transitioned from polytheism to monotheism due to political and economic pressures. In the 19th century...

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