Home›Pantheons›Pantheon Kind›Polytheistic (Folk) Pantheons (Pantheons)GroupPolytheistic (Folk) Pantheons (Pantheons)Pantheon structures of folk religion that honour many gods without one fixed organisation, such as the Chinese, Taoist and Vietnamese pantheons in which local gods, ancestors and heavenly officials all have a place. An entry belongs here when its article describes a popular many god tradition. The group page lists religions whose pantheons share one shape, so a reader can compare how different traditions organise their gods, spirits and holy beings.Browse ByComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Browse ByAll Polytheistic (Folk) Pantheons (Pantheons)Polytheistic (Folk) Pantheons (Pantheons)0 entriesPolytheistic (Folk) Pantheons (Pantheons)Filter Results3 entriesDivine SuccessionAllOne divine generation; no succession between generations is recorded (1)Rank is granted, promoted or withdrawn by decree (2)Pantheon MembershipAllA fixed roster, named and counted (1)Foreign gods are adopted and identified with gods already held (2)Mortal EntryAllAncestors and founders become objects of cult (1)Any person may reach the state the tradition venerates, by practice rather than by grant (1)Mortals are enrolled in the celestial administration by decree (1)Pantheon OfAllChinese Folk Religion (1)Taoism (1)Vietnamese Folk Religion (1)Divine HeadshipAllA single sovereign god rules the others (2)Different communities within the tradition name a different deity as supreme (1)Creator RelationAllThe world was formed from pre-existing matter or from a slain being, with no creator god (3)Era Attested Start YearAll-1200 (1)1000 (1)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (3)Pantheon StructureAllA celestial bureaucracy of ranked offices, modelled on a human state (2)Many deities understood as forms of one supreme reality (1)RegionAllChina (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3ChinesePolytheistic (Folk) Pantheons42 linksVietnamesePolytheistic (Folk) Pantheons5 linksTaoistPolytheistic (Folk) Pantheons9 linksComments (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.