Home›Dharmic Pantheons›Mortal Entry›Any person may reach the state the tradition venerates, by practice rather than by grantBrowse ByAny person may reach the state the tradition venerates, by practice rather than by grantThis page groups pantheons by whether a once-mortal being can join their ranks. Wikipedia notes of apotheosis, the elevation of a person to divine status, that "it is a belief in a possibility of newly created gods, so a polytheistic belief system." Browsing by mortal entry lets a visitor separate a pantheon that admits deified mortals from one that does not.FactsAny person may reach the state the tradition venerates, by practice rather than by grantSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPantheons 1Any person may reach the state the tradition venerates, by practice rather than by grantFilter Results1 entryDivine SuccessionAllPower dissolves and is renewed on a cosmic cycle rather than inherited (1)Pantheon MembershipAllA fixed roster, named and counted (1)Pantheon OfAllJainism (1)Divine HeadshipAllNo sovereign; the gods act as peers (1)Creator RelationAllThe world was formed from pre-existing matter or from a slain being, with no creator god (1)Era Attested Start YearAll-800 (1)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (1)Pantheon StructureAllRanked classes of beings, with no supreme figure over them (1)Pantheon KindAllDharmic Pantheons (Pantheons) (1)Show ResultsJainAny person may reach the state the tradition venerates, by practice rather than by grantSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, Second Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.