Home›Polytheistic (Folk) 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 Results3 entriesDivine SuccessionAllOne divine generation; no succession between generations is recorded (1)Rank is granted, promoted or withdrawn by decree (2)Pantheon MembershipAllA fixed roster, named and counted (1)Foreign gods are adopted and identified with gods already held (2)Mortal EntryAllAncestors and founders become objects of cult (1)Any person may reach the state the tradition venerates, by practice rather than by grant (1)Mortals are enrolled in the celestial administration by decree (1)Pantheon OfAllChinese Folk Religion (1)Taoism (1)Vietnamese Folk Religion (1)Divine HeadshipAllA single sovereign god rules the others (2)Different communities within the tradition name a different deity as supreme (1)Creator RelationAllThe world was formed from pre-existing matter or from a slain being, with no creator god (3)Era Attested Start YearAll-1200 (1)1000 (1)Pantheon StructureAllA celestial bureaucracy of ranked offices, modelled on a human state (2)Many deities understood as forms of one supreme reality (1)Pantheon KindAllPolytheistic (Folk) Pantheons (Pantheons) (3)RegionAllChina (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3ChineseActively venerated in a living traditionTaoistActively venerated in a living traditionVietnameseActively 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.