Home›Polytheistic (Animist) Pantheons›Veneration Status›Actively venerated in a living traditionBrowse ByActively venerated in a living traditionThis page groups pantheons by whether they are still actively worshipped today. Wikipedia notes that "in the modern vernacular, most historical polytheistic religions are referred to as 'mythology'." Browsing by veneration status lets a visitor separate a pantheon with living worshippers from one now studied only as myth.FactsActively venerated in a living traditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPantheons 1Actively venerated in a living traditionFilter 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)Pantheon MembershipAllA fixed roster, named and counted (1)Every place, clan and lineage adds its own (10)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 (8)No recognised route from mortal to god (3)Pantheon OfAllAinu Religion (1)Anishinaabe Religion (1)Australian Aboriginal Religion (1)Diné (Navajo) Religion (1)Korean Muism (1)Lakota Religion (1)Polynesian Religion (1)Shinto (1)Shona Traditional Religion (1)Siberian Shamanism (1)Vodun (West African) (1)Yorùbá Religion (Ifá) (1)Zulu Traditional Religion (1)Divine HeadshipAllA ruling pair holds sovereignty together (1)A supreme creator who withdrew from active rule and receives little direct cult (5)No sovereign; the gods act as peers (7)Creator RelationAllThe creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cult (10)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 YearAll712 (1)800 (1)1000 (1)1200 (2)1400 (1)1500 (1)1600 (1)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 (5)Local and lineage cults gathered under one name, with no single frame (5)Pantheon KindAllPolytheistic (Animist) Pantheons (Pantheons) (13)RegionAllJapan (1)Siberia (1)West Africa (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 13AinuActively venerated in a living traditionAnishinaabeActively venerated in a living traditionAustralian AboriginalActively venerated in a living traditionDiné (Navajo)Actively venerated in a living traditionFonActively venerated in a living traditionJapaneseActively venerated in a living traditionKoreanActively venerated in a living traditionLakotaActively venerated in a living traditionOrishaActively venerated in a living traditionPolynesianActively venerated in a living traditionShonaActively venerated in a living traditionSiberianActively venerated in a living traditionZuluActively venerated in a living traditionSources1. 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.