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

Many Bedouin and other seminomadic Arabs practiced polytheism, the worship of many gods and goddesses who were often considered patrons of certain tribes or residents of certain locales.

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

Babylonian polytheism allowed the existence of divided counsels among the gods; the monotheism of Israel made this impossible.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)