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

Moses' motive, Freud hypothesized, was to preserve a sect of the ancient Egyptian religion which rejected polytheism and only worshipped the sun god, Aten.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2022

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

Phœnician polytheism had crossed swords, long ago, with Phœnician practicality; and the gods, it must be confessed, had been pretty well annihilated in the series of contests.

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton