What is Polytheism?
[[File:Human artifacts at CMNH - 37.JPG|thumb|right|Pictographs of the Egyptian gods in the [[Carnegie Museum of Natural History]]]] '''Polytheism''' means believing in many [[Deity|gods]]. A person that believes in polytheism is called a '''polytheist'''. A [[religion]] with polytheism can be called a '''polytheistic religion'''. Polytheism is well documented in historical religions of [[classical antiquity]], especially those of [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greeks]] and [[Ancient Rome]]. Other [[Ancient history|ancient]] peoples who were polytheists were [[Germanic paganism|Germanics]], [[Turkic peoples]], [[Ancient Egypt]]ians, [[Celts]], and the [[Norse]]. There are various polytheistic religions that are practiced today such as [[Sanamahism]] ([[Meitei paganism]]), [[Tengrism]], [[Shinto]], [[Chinese folk religion]], Thelma, [[Wicca]], [[Druidism]], [[Taoism]], [[Asatru]] and [[Candomblé]]. Polytheistic religions usually include a set of [[story|stories]] about the gods, which is called [[mythology]]. The opposite of polytheism is [[monotheism]], which is the belief in only one god and is practiced by [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Sikhism]], etc. {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Gods and goddesses]]