Home›Polytheistic (Animist) Pantheons›Polytheistic (Animist) Pantheons (Pantheons)GroupPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons (Pantheons)Pantheon structures in which many gods and spirits live in nature and ancestors, found in Indigenous and traditional religions such as Ainu, Anishinaabe, Australian Aboriginal, Navajo, Fon, Inuit, Japanese and Korean religion. An entry belongs here when its article presents a many-spirit world rooted in land and ancestors. The group page lists religions whose pantheons share one shape, so a reader can compare how different traditions organise their gods, spirits and holy beings.Browse ByComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Browse ByAll Polytheistic (Animist) Pantheons (Pantheons)Polytheistic (Animist) Pantheons (Pantheons)0 entriesPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons (Pantheons)Filter Results16 entriesDivine SuccessionAllA younger generation displaced an older one by force (1)One divine generation; no succession between generations is recorded (10)The senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powers (5)Pantheon MembershipAllA fixed roster, named and counted (1)Every place, clan and lineage adds its own (13)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 (10)No recognised route from mortal to god (4)Pantheon OfAllAinu Religion (1)Anishinaabe Religion (1)Australian Aboriginal Religion (1)Diné (Navajo) Religion (1)Inuit Religion (1)Korean Muism (1)Lakota Religion (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 (6)No sovereign; the gods act as peers (8)Creator RelationAllThe creator of the world also rules the pantheon (1)The creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cult (11)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 (2)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 (13)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 (2)A supreme creator above a working order of intermediary powers (7)Local and lineage cults gathered under one name, with no single frame (6)Pantheon KindAllPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons (Pantheons) (16)RegionAllJapan (1)North America (1)Siberia (1)West Africa (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 16AinuPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons6 linksAnishinaabePolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons4 linksAustralian AboriginalPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons5 linksDiné (Navajo)Polytheistic (Animist) Pantheons7 linksFonPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons7 linksInuitPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons7 linksJapanesePolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons27 linksKoreanPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons9 linksLakotaPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons7 linksOrishaPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons18 linksPolynesianPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons18 linksShonaPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons2 linksSiberianPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons4 linksTagalogPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons2 linksTengristPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons5 linksZuluPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons4 linksComments (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.