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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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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Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia (redirect from Arabian polytheism)
indigenous Arabian polytheism, ancient Semitic religions, Christianity, Judaism, Mandaeism, and Zoroastrianism. Arabian polytheism, the dominant form...
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Shirk (Islam) (redirect from Shirk (polytheism))
Shirk (Arabic: شِرْك, lit. 'polytheism') in Islam is a sin often roughly translated as 'idolatry' or 'polytheism', but more accurately meaning 'association...
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Ancient Celtic religion (redirect from Celtic Polytheism)
v t e Paganism (and modern paganism) Animism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Historical ethnic religions (existing and extinct) Modern pagan movements...
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Germanic paganism (redirect from Germanic polytheism)
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Ancient Greek religion (redirect from Greek Polytheism)
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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Ancient Mesopotamian religion (redirect from Babylonian-Assyrian polytheism)
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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Hellenistic religion (redirect from Graeco-Roman polytheism)
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Religion in ancient Rome (redirect from Roman polytheism)
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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Hellenism (modern religion) (redirect from Hellenic Polytheism)
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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Old Norse religion (redirect from Norse polytheism)
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Celtic neopaganism (redirect from Celtic Reconstructionist Polytheism)
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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"In Praise of Polytheism (On Monomythical and Polymythical Thinking)" (German: Lob des Polytheismus. Über Monomythie und Polymythie) is an essay by the...
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economy of the third and fourth centuries struggled, and traditional polytheism was expensive. Roger S. Bagnall reports that imperial financial support...
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Baltic Finnic paganism (redirect from Finnish polytheism)
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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Finnic mythologies (redirect from Finnic polytheism)
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Ancient Egyptian religion (redirect from Egyptian polytheism)
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Oracle (section Celtic polytheism)
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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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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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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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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converted from Manichaeism to Christianity, criticised the Manichaeans for polytheism and paganism, stating that Manichaeans, due to their dualistic cosmology...
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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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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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Continental Germanic mythology (redirect from Continental Germanic polytheism)
Mannaz Common Germanic deities Germanic king Norse deities Anglo-Saxon polytheism List of Germanic deities Jacob Grimm: Deutsche Mythologie. 1835. Wolfgang...
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Slavic paganism (redirect from Slavic polytheism)
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Etruscan religion (redirect from Etruscan polytheism)
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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Modern paganism (section Polytheism)
elements from various religions and philosophies with historical paganism. Polytheism, animism, and pantheism are common features across pagan theology. Modern...
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