• 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...
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    Theism (section Polytheism)
    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...
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    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...
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    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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    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...
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    Christians considered Roman religion to be paganism. Ultimately, Roman polytheism was brought to an end with the adoption of Christianity as the official...
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  • "In Praise of Polytheism (On Monomythical and Polymythical Thinking)" (‹See Tfd›German: Lob des Polytheismus. Über Monomythie und Polymythie) is an essay...
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    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,...
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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...
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    Baltic Finnic paganism, or Baltic Finnic polytheism was the indigenous religion of the various of the Baltic Finnic peoples, specifically the Finns, Karelians...
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  •  'association') in Islam is a sin often roughly translated as 'idolatry' or 'polytheism', but more accurately meaning 'association [with God]'. It refers to accepting...
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    defined, as it is used by different belief systems. Under monotheism and polytheism this is clearly delineated. However, in pantheism and animism this becomes...
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    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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    haruspicy ziχ neθsrac. The Etruscan system of belief was an immanent polytheism; all visible phenomena were considered to be manifestations of divine...
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    The indigenous religious beliefs of the Tagalog people (sometimes referred to as Anitism, or, less accurately, using the general term animism) were well...
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  • of Judah and Israel. The term "monotheism" is often contrasted with "polytheism", but many scholars prefer other terms such as monolatry, henotheism,...
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    The Greco-Roman civilization (/ˌɡriːkoʊˈroʊmən, ˌɡrɛkoʊ-/; also Greco-Roman culture or Greco-Latin culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in British English), as...
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    Gothic paganism or Gothic polytheism was the original religion of the Goths before their conversion to Christianity. The Goths first appear in historical...
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  • Dietrich von Bern Mannaz Common Germanic deities Germanic king Anglo-Saxon polytheism List of Germanic deities Jacob Grimm: Deutsche Mythologie. 1835. Wolfgang...
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  • A triad, in a religious context, refers to a grouping of three gods, usually by importance or similar roles. A triad of gods were usually not considered...
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  • v t e Paganism (and modern paganism) Animism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Historical ethnic religions (existing and extinct) Modern pagan movements...
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  • Proto-Germanic paganism was the beliefs of the speakers of Proto-Germanic and includes topics such as the Germanic mythology, legendry, and folk beliefs...
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    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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