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

pan-polytheist

noun: a polytheist who thinks all are deities;

adjective form: pan-polytheistic

I asked that Heathen polytheist if he was a pan-polytheist or a panen-polytheist and he said he was undecided.

by MinistryOfDEW October 17, 2021

panen-polytheist

noun: a polytheist who thinks all are in the deities;

adjective form: panen-polytheistic

I asked that Heathen polytheist if he was a pan-polytheist or a panen-polytheist and he said he was undecided.

by MinistryOfDEW October 17, 2021

Quiddist Hellenic polytheist

The Hellenic belief that the gods and deities are symbols of the ideas they represent. Quiddist polytheists worship/devote themselves to the deity's symbol rather than believing the deity is one being

I believe in quiddist Hellenism

I am a quiddist Hellenic polytheist

Did you hear that (name) believes in Quiddism Hellenism polytheism?

by Emix!!! November 13, 2024

Playtheist

A playtheist lives life with a playful spirit. A playtheist engages in play to find meaning and connection with self, others, and everyday life experiences. Playtheism is not a religion, nor anti-religion. Anyone from anywhere at any age can be a playtheist. The whole point of being a playtheist is to experience joy and feel 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.
A playtheist goes to a music festival to let go and get lost dancing to the music, alone or with everyone.

by TheWiserAmuser August 9, 2016

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

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