polytheism
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The opera ends with Akhnaten’s son, presumably Tutankhamun, restoring polytheism, and then, once the staging jumps millennia into the future, it’s rediscovered by modern-day tourists.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
The peninsula was home to those practicing Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrian, and polytheism.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Before Constantine’s conversion, Christianity expanded through missionary work, which succeeded in founding congregations across the Empire but did not seriously disrupt polytheism or the Empire’s religious diversity.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
A tragicomedy about polytheism starring petty gods who complain like tired parents annoyed by their noisy children.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2014
An organised polytheism prevailed, and in the temples of Centeotl and Tlazolteotl, Herodotus or Pausanias would have readily recognised the Demeter and the Aphrodite of Mexico.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
