Home›Polytheistic (Animist) Pantheons›Era Attested Start Year›By Century›8th centuryBrowse By8th centuryThis page groups pantheons by how far back historical evidence for them reaches. Wikipedia notes that "some well-known historical polytheistic pantheons include the Sumerian gods and the Egyptian gods, and the classical-attested pantheon which includes the ancient Greek religion and Roman religion." Browsing by era attested start year lets a visitor compare how ancient one pantheon's documented record is against another's.Facts8th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPantheons 18th centuryFilter Results2 entriesDivine SuccessionAllThe senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powers (2)Pantheon MembershipAllEvery place, clan and lineage adds its own (1)Traditionally held to be beyond counting (1)Mortal EntryAllAncestors and founders become objects of cult (2)Pantheon OfAllShinto (1)Yorùbá Religion (Ifá) (1)Divine HeadshipAllA supreme creator who withdrew from active rule and receives little direct cult (1)No sovereign; the gods act as peers (1)Creator RelationAllThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cult (2)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (2)Pantheon StructureAllA descent group, the gods traced as kin from a first generation (1)A supreme creator above a working order of intermediary powers (1)Local and lineage cults gathered under one name, with no single frame (1)Pantheon KindAllPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons (Pantheons) (2)RegionAllJapan (1)West Africa (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 2Japanese8th centuryOrisha8th centurySources1. 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.