Polytheism

Polytheism is a belief in and/or worship of multiple gods and goddess'. The word comes from the Greek, "Poly" which means many and "Theoi" which means gods. You have Soft Polytheism and Hard Polytheism. Many modern day Wiccans are Soft Polytheists, which means that believe in many gods but believe them to be aspects of The God or The Goddess. Whereas a Hard Polytheist, such as an Asatruar, believes each god and goddess is an individual entity, with their own personality and character and is not part of a greater whole.

Robin doesn't believe in monotheism, she worships many gods and therefore believes in polytheism.

by OneBadAsp October 17, 2006

Playtheism

Playtheism is a philosophy for living life with a playful spirit. A playtheist engages in play to find meaning and connection with self, others, and everyday life experiences. It is not a religion, nor anti-religion. Anyone from anywhere at any age can be a playtheist. The whole point of playtheism is to be our best selves experiencing joy and feeling alive as much and as often as possible.

A child on a playground is a playtheist. A parent playing with his/her child on a playground is a playtheist. Letting go and dancing your ass off is what playtheism is all about.

by TheWiserAmuser August 10, 2016

polyatheist

n. The act of having many gods you do not believe in.

A term used by atheists to point out the fact that basically everyone on earth is an atheist to some extent. Nobody on Earth believes in every god, therefore everyone is an atheist.

I am a Christian

I am a Muslim

I'm Buddhist

Atheist: I don't believe in any of those gods, therefore I am a polyatheist

by ericplayzbass June 15, 2009

polytheistic

When you believe in more the one god; The act of believing in many gods; The antonym for Monotheistic.

Polytheistic: The Greeks believed in more than one god. In fact, they believed in over 20 gods. A god of the Sea (Poseidon), a god of war, wisdom and skill (Athena), a god of love (Eros), and a god of thunder (Zeus), who was the main god. There was also a god of the Underworld (Hades).

by Wasabimoto April 19, 2007

Polytheist

Someone who believe in and/or worships more than one deity; the antonym for monotheist. Polytheism is common in contemporary Paganism, and many non-western religions, such as Shinto and some forms of Hinduism. It and was also a feature of many ancient religions, such as the religion of the Ancient Greeks. There are two subtypes of polytheists, soft polytheists and hard polytheists. Soft polytheists believe that they believe in many gods and goddesses but consider them all to be aspects of one God or one Goddess. It is common in some forms of Hinduism, as well as in some contemporary Pagan religions, such as Wicca. In contrast, hard polytheists believe all gods to be distinct entities, each one with his or her own characteristics and personality. Hard polytheism is a feature of some contemporary Pagan religions, especially the ones leaning more towards reconstruction of the religious beliefs of ancient cultures, such as Hellenic Polytheism, Asatru, Kemetism, and Celtic polytheism.

Jane is a follower of Asatru. Therefore she honours the Norse gods, and believes each one of them to be a distinct entity with a different personality and characteristics. This means Jane is a polytheist.

by dreamweaver August 28, 2012

polyatheist

One who believes many gods don't exist instead of the one true nonexistent god.

Ken M is a polyatheist.

by Reinhard0 November 22, 2019

potatheism

The religion of The Potato. Potatheists are strictly forbidden to eat potato of any kind. The opposite of a Potatheist is a Tater Hater

Matthew, a strong believer of potatheism, pledges his honor to the Potato every morning

by Harrissia September 16, 2013