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Polytheism

Polytheism is the belief in or worship of more than one deity, a type of theism; it contrasts with monotheism, the belief in only one deity that is, in most cases, transcendent. The term was coined by Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria as a compound of the Greek words πολύ (lit: "many") and θεός (lit: "god") to argue with the Greeks, though was in modern…

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Polytheism

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Polytheism

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related to Further reading · 44
Polytheism → ADF Publishing, An Inquiry Into Polytheism, Ancient Religions, Ancient World, Archaic, Assmann, Belknap Press, Blackwell, Burkert, Classical, David, Frawley, Gods, Greek Religion, Greer, Guide, Harvard University Press, Hebrew Bible, India, ISBN
related to Ancient Greece · 42
Polytheism → All, Ancient Greece, Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Asia Minor, Athena, Canonical Twelve, Demeter, Different, Dionysus, During, Epicureanism, Etruscan, Greece, Greek, Hades, Hellenic Polytheism, Hellenism
related to Christianity · 28
Polytheism → Although Christianity, Because, Catholic Church, Chinese, Christian, Christianity, Earth, Even, Father, God, He, Heaven, Holy Spirit, In, Jordan Paper, Judaism, King, London Lollard, Matteo Ricci, On
related to Serer · 17
Polytheism → Ajjer, Amongst, Cangin, Each, Earth, Fangool, However, In Africa, Koox, Neolithic Era, Pangool, Roog, Roog's, Serer, Serers, Tassili, The
related to External links · 11
Polytheism → APT, Integrational Polytheism, International Year Of Polytheism, Media, Philosophical, Polytheist Traditions, Polytheists, September, UK-based, Wikimedia CommonsThe Association, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Buddhism · 10
Polytheism → Buddhism, Buddhist, Depending, Devas, For, Japanese Shinto, Sanskrit, Tantra, The Buddha, They
related to Modern paganism · 10
Polytheism → All, Although, Dion Fortune, English, Europe, Founder, In, Modern, The Sea Priestess, Wicca Gerald Gardner
related to Soft Polytheism vs. Hard Polytheism · 8
Polytheism → Germanic, Greek, In, Indic, Indra, Odin, Soft, Zeus
related to Types of deities · 5
Polytheism → Creator, Life-death-rebirth, Sky, Solar, Types
see also · 4
Polytheism → AnimismDiffused, Mythology, ParisKathenotheismMonolatryPanentheismPantheismPolytheistic, West African Vodun

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Polytheismis abelief in or worship of more than one deity0.90text
Polytheismis abelief that different gods may either be psychological archetypes0.90text
Polytheismis abelief that gods are distinct0.90text
Germanicinstance ofand in ethnic religions0.80text
Slavicinstance ofand in ethnic religions0.80text
and Baltic paganisminstance ofand in ethnic religions0.80text
Native American religions.Notable polytheistic religions practiced today include Taoisminstance ofand in ethnic religions0.80text
Chinese folk religioninstance ofand in ethnic religions0.80text
Shintoinstance ofand in ethnic religions0.80text
Santeríainstance ofand in ethnic religions0.80text
most Traditional African religionsinstance ofand in ethnic religions0.80text
and various neopagan faiths such as Wiccainstance ofand in ethnic religions0.80text

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