Home›Polytheistic (Animist) Pantheons›Mortal Entry›Ancestors and founders become objects of cultBrowse ByAncestors and founders become objects of cultThis 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.FactsAncestors and founders become objects of cultSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPantheons 1Ancestors and founders become objects of cultFilter Results10 entriesDivine SuccessionAllA younger generation displaced an older one by force (1)One divine generation; no succession between generations is recorded (4)The senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powers (5)Pantheon MembershipAllEvery place, clan and lineage adds its own (8)Foreign gods are adopted and identified with gods already held (1)Traditionally held to be beyond counting (1)Pantheon OfAllKorean Muism (1)Philippine Indigenous Religion (Anitism) (1)Polynesian Religion (1)Shinto (1)Shona Traditional Religion (1)Siberian Shamanism (1)Tengrism (1)Vodun (West African) (1)Yorùbá Religion (Ifá) (1)Zulu Traditional Religion (1)Divine HeadshipAllA ruling pair holds sovereignty together (1)A single sovereign god rules the others (1)A supreme creator who withdrew from active rule and receives little direct cult (5)No sovereign; the gods act as peers (3)Creator RelationAllThe creator of the world also rules the pantheon (1)The creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cult (8)The generation that made the world was displaced by the gods who now rule (1)Era Attested Start YearAll-200 (1)712 (1)800 (1)1000 (1)1200 (2)1400 (1)1500 (2)1600 (1)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (8)Venerated in a modern revival tradition (1)Venerated in a syncretic or Christianised form (1)Pantheon StructureAllA descent group, the gods traced as kin from a first generation (2)A supreme creator above a working order of intermediary powers (6)Local and lineage cults gathered under one name, with no single frame (3)Pantheon KindAllPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons (Pantheons) (10)RegionAllJapan (1)Siberia (1)West Africa (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 10FonAncestors and founders become objects of cultJapaneseAncestors and founders become objects of cultKoreanAncestors and founders become objects of cultOrishaAncestors and founders become objects of cultPolynesianAncestors and founders become objects of cultShonaAncestors and founders become objects of cultSiberianAncestors and founders become objects of cultTagalogAncestors and founders become objects of cultTengristAncestors and founders become objects of cultZuluAncestors and founders become objects of 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.