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
Egyptian gods in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Procession of the Twelve Olympians
Bulul statues serve as avatars of rice deities in the Anitist beliefs of the Ifugao in the Philippines.
It is sometimes claimed that Christianity is not truly monotheistic because of its idea of the Trinity
In early Christianity, paganism collectively referred to the diverse religious practices of all people who were polytheists. More specifically, it denoted anyone who did not adhere to an Abrahamic rel
Polytheism
…known as neopaganism and contemporary paganism, is a group of contemporary religious movements influenced by or claiming to be derived from the various historical pagan beliefs of pre-modern Europe. Although they have commonalities, contemporary pagan religious movements are diverse, and no single set of beliefs…
Engraving depicting two Roman women offering a ritual sacrifice to the pagan goddess Vesta, 1887
Reconstruction of the Parthenon, on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece
Men of Theth (Shala) practicing the gjâmë – the Albanian lamentation of the dead – in 1937. The earliest figurative representations of this practice in traditional Albanian-inhabited regions appear on Dardanian funerary stelae of classical antiquity.
The Pietas Comunità Gentile Celebrates the 2777th Natale di Roma at the Circus Maximus