Home›Polytheistic (Animist) Pantheons›Divine Succession›The senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersBrowse ByThe senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersThis page groups pantheons by how one generation of gods gave way to the next. Wikipedia notes that "conquests could lead to the subordination of the elder culture's pantheon to a newer one, as in the Greek Titanomachy, and possibly also the case of the Æsir and Vanir in the Norse mythos." Browsing by divine succession lets a visitor trace how a pantheon's ruling generation changed over time.FactsThe senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPantheons 1The senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersFilter Results5 entriesPantheon MembershipAllEvery place, clan and lineage adds its own (4)Traditionally held to be beyond counting (1)Mortal EntryAllAncestors and founders become objects of cult (5)Pantheon OfAllPhilippine Indigenous Religion (Anitism) (1)Shinto (1)Shona Traditional Religion (1)Vodun (West African) (1)Yorùbá Religion (Ifá) (1)Divine HeadshipAllA ruling pair holds sovereignty together (1)A supreme creator who withdrew from active rule and receives little direct cult (3)No sovereign; the gods act as peers (1)Creator RelationAllThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cult (5)Era Attested Start YearAll712 (1)800 (1)1400 (1)1500 (1)1600 (1)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (4)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 (4)Local and lineage cults gathered under one name, with no single frame (1)Pantheon KindAllPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons (Pantheons) (5)RegionAllJapan (1)West Africa (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5FonThe senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersJapaneseThe senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersOrishaThe senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersShonaThe senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersTagalogThe senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersSources1. 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.