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Required sacrifices on his behalf which led to execution for those who refused, mostly non-pagans. Diocletian, emperor noted for his piety and pagan views. Persecuted and executed Manicheans and Christians in an effort to support the Roman state religion. Galerius, emperor who strongly supported Roman paganism. Thought to have been the primary ...
A marble statue of Jupiter, king of the Roman gods. Paganism (from Latin pāgānus 'rural', 'rustic', later 'civilian') is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, [1] or ethnic religions other than Judaism.
Following is a list of pantheons of deities in specific spiritual practices: African pantheons; Armenian pantheon; Aztec pantheon; Buddhist pantheon; Berber pantheon;
In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabit Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses. Germanic deities are attested from numerous sources, including works of literature, various chronicles, runic inscriptions, personal names, place names, and other sources.
As the god of wealth, he is associated with the care of cattle (cattle rather than money being, in ancient times, the primary form of wealth). Furthermore, like the Germanic Odin he is the patron deity of poets and other artists and also of those who practice magic (poetry having been intimately connected with magic in the past). [ 10 ]
Germanic paganism or Germanic religion refers to the traditional, culturally significant religion of the Germanic peoples. With a chronological range of at least one thousand years in an area covering Scandinavia, the British Isles, modern Germany, the Netherlands, and at times other parts of Europe, the beliefs and practices of Germanic ...
She is an ancient goddess, predating both Al-Lāt and Al-'Uzzá. She was associated with Dushara and Hubal, and was equated with the Greek goddess Nemesis. She became the chief goddess of both the Banu Aws and Banu Khazraj, the two polytheistic tribes of Yathrib . In Islamic tradition, her worship was ended with the destruction of her shrine in ...
People who follow animistic, pagan, polytheistic, or shamanistic faiths, including both traditional ethnic/folk religions and neopagan revivals. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
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