polytheistic
Adjective
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Alt. of Polytheistical
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An adaptation of polytheistic religions and each other myths has taken place among the various tribes, coming from both the Germanic, Celtic and later Roman mythology.
A more strictly polytheistic approach holds the various goddesses and gods to be separate and distinct entities in their own right.
As a result, she's a member of every polytheistic pantheon of 'gods' worshipped by humans.
BYU Professor Roger R. Keller rejected descriptions of the LDS Church as polytheistic by countering, as summarized by a reviewer, "Mormons are fundamentally monotheistic because they deal with only one god out of the many which exist."
For pan- and polytheistic faiths this usually implies the direct action of one god or another on the course of human events.
However, there often exists a distinction or separation between some polytheistic Reconstructionists such as the Greek or Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionists of the Hellenismos religion and revivalist Neopagans like Wiccans.