Home›Polytheistic (Animist) Pantheons›Pantheon Membership›Every place, clan and lineage adds its ownBrowse ByEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownThis page groups pantheons by how their membership took shape. Wikipedia notes that "deities first worshipped as the patrons of cities or places came to be collected together as empires extended over larger territories." Browsing by pantheon membership lets a visitor see how a pantheon's roster grew or changed.FactsEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPantheons 1Every place, clan and lineage adds its ownFilter Results13 entriesDivine SuccessionAllA younger generation displaced an older one by force (1)One divine generation; no succession between generations is recorded (8)The senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powers (4)Mortal EntryAllAncestors and founders become objects of cult (8)No recognised route from mortal to god (3)Pantheon OfAllAinu Religion (1)Anishinaabe Religion (1)Australian Aboriginal Religion (1)Inuit Religion (1)Lakota Religion (1)Philippine Indigenous Religion (Anitism) (1)Polynesian Religion (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 (6)No sovereign; the gods act as peers (5)Creator RelationAllThe creator of the world also rules the pantheon (1)The creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cult (9)The generation that made the world was displaced by the gods who now rule (1)The world was formed from pre-existing matter or from a slain being, with no creator god (1)Era Attested Start YearAll-200 (1)800 (1)1000 (1)1200 (1)1400 (1)1500 (2)1600 (1)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (10)Venerated in a modern revival tradition (1)Venerated in a syncretic or Christianised form (2)Pantheon StructureAllA celestial bureaucracy of ranked offices, modelled on a human state (1)A descent group, the gods traced as kin from a first generation (1)A supreme creator above a working order of intermediary powers (7)Local and lineage cults gathered under one name, with no single frame (4)Pantheon KindAllPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons (Pantheons) (13)RegionAllNorth America (1)Siberia (1)West Africa (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 13AinuEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownAnishinaabeEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownAustralian AboriginalEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownFonEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownInuitEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownLakotaEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownOrishaEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownPolynesianEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownShonaEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownSiberianEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownTagalogEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownTengristEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownZuluEvery place, clan and lineage adds its ownSources1. 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.