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...

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...

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

Shirk (Arabic: شِرْك, lit. 'polytheism') in Islam is a sin often roughly translated as 'idolatry' or 'polytheism', but more accurately meaning 'association...

v t e Paganism (and modern paganism) Animism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Historical ethnic religions (existing and extinct) Modern pagan movements...

v t e Paganism (and modern paganism) Animism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Historical ethnic religions (existing and extinct) Modern pagan movements...

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...

v t e Paganism (and modern paganism) Animism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Historical ethnic religions (existing and extinct) Modern pagan movements...

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

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

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

v t e Paganism (and modern paganism) Animism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Historical ethnic religions (existing and extinct) Modern pagan movements...

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

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...

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

v t e Paganism (and modern paganism) Animism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Historical ethnic religions (existing and extinct) Modern pagan movements...

v t e Paganism (and modern paganism) Animism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Historical ethnic religions (existing and extinct) Modern pagan movements...

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

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,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

v t e Paganism (and modern paganism) Animism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Historical ethnic religions (existing and extinct) Modern pagan movements...

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

haruspicy ziχ neθsrac. The Etruscan system of belief was an immanent polytheism; all visible phenomena were considered to be manifestations of divine...

The Greco-Roman civilization (/ˌɡriːkoʊˈroʊmən, ˌɡrɛkoʊ-/; also Greco-Roman culture or Greco-Latin culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in British English), as...