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
This new religious culture resulted in the neglect of traditional Roman polytheism, and the empire’s eastward shift came at the expense of the western empire.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
That being noted, the incorporation of non-Christian celebrations into the liturgical calendar did not imply that Christians were willing to accept polytheism.
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
No polytheism is likely to be without a goddess of love, and love is the chief, if not the original, department of Aphrodite in the Greek Olympus.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
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