Home›Polytheistic (Animist) Pantheons›Creator Relation›The creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultBrowse ByThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultThis page groups pantheons by how they relate to an original creator figure. Wikipedia notes that scholars have reconstructed the ancient Proto-Indo-European religion and that "an example of a religious notion from this shared past is the concept of *dyēus, which is attested in several distinct religious systems." Browsing by creator relation lets a visitor compare how differently two pantheons answer where the world and its gods first came from.FactsThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPantheons 1The creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultFilter Results11 entriesDivine SuccessionAllOne divine generation; no succession between generations is recorded (6)The senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powers (5)Pantheon MembershipAllEvery place, clan and lineage adds its own (9)Foreign gods are adopted and identified with gods already held (1)Traditionally held to be beyond counting (1)Mortal EntryAllAncestors and founders become objects of cult (8)No recognised route from mortal to god (2)Pantheon OfAllAinu Religion (1)Anishinaabe Religion (1)Australian Aboriginal Religion (1)Korean Muism (1)Philippine Indigenous Religion (Anitism) (1)Shinto (1)Shona Traditional Religion (1)Siberian Shamanism (1)Vodun (West African) (1)Yorùbá Religion (Ifá) (1)Zulu Traditional Religion (1)Divine HeadshipAllA ruling pair holds sovereignty together (1)A supreme creator who withdrew from active rule and receives little direct cult (6)No sovereign; the gods act as peers (4)Era Attested Start YearAll712 (1)800 (1)1200 (2)1400 (1)1500 (2)1600 (1)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (10)Venerated in a syncretic or Christianised form (1)Pantheon StructureAllA descent group, the gods traced as kin from a first generation (1)A supreme creator above a working order of intermediary powers (6)Local and lineage cults gathered under one name, with no single frame (5)Pantheon KindAllPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons (Pantheons) (11)RegionAllJapan (1)Siberia (1)West Africa (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 11AinuThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultAnishinaabeThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultAustralian AboriginalThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultFonThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultJapaneseThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultKoreanThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultOrishaThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultShonaThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultSiberianThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultTagalogThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultZuluThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cultSources1. 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.