Wednesday, January 19, 2011

polytheism.

there once was an ism called polly, but everyone spelt her name wrong, and hence...polytheism.

if only.

it's a pretty cool word though, in my opinion.

wikipedia says that it means...

Polytheism is the belief of multiple deities also usually assembled into a pantheon of gods andgoddesses, along with their own mythologies and rituals.
Polytheism was the typical form of religion during the Bronze Age and Iron Age, up to the Axis ageand the gradual development of monotheism or pantheism, and atheism. It is well documented in historical religions of Classical Antiquity, especially Greek polytheism and Roman polytheism, and after the decline of classical polytheism in tribal religions such as Germanic polytheism or Slavic polytheism. It persists into the modern period in traditions such as HinduismShintoismChinese folk religion, etc., and it has been revived in currents of Neopaganism in the post-Christian West.