Home›Polytheistic (Folk)›All Polytheistic (Folk)Browse ByAll Polytheistic (Folk)The many-deity religion of a particular people as it is actually practised: local, transmitted by custom and household observance rather than by scripture, and frequently coexisting with an official religion layered over it.FactsLearn MoreAll Polytheistic (Folk)SourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe many-deity religion of a particular people as it is actually practised: local, carried by custom, festival and household observance rather than by scripture or a professional priesthood, and commonly coexisting with an official religion layered over it. 2Peoples and Traditions CoveredWell-attestedChinese and Vietnamese popular religion: distinct traditions with distinct pantheons and distinct histories, grouped here by how they are transmitted rather than by any shared content. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedContested: folk or popular religion is defined by contrast with an elite or official religion - a distinction the practice itself does not observe, and one that scholarship increasingly declines to draw. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligions 1Learn MoreFolk polytheisms This group gathers folk polytheistic religions, the popular, often local and unsystematised many-god traditions carried in custom, festival and household practice rather than in a formal theology or a professional priesthood. The browser will find the traditions the atlas classes here. The entries describe each as a lived popular religion, noting its characteristic blend of deities, spirits and inherited practice.All Polytheistic (Folk)Filter Results9 entriesPlace of OriginAllChina (1)Ryukyu Islands (1)Southeast Asia (1)Vietnam (1)Where PractisedAllCaucasus (1)Origin EraAll-1600 (1)1429 (1)1550 (1)1580 (1)1875 (1)1910 (1)1920 (1)Decline EraAll1966 (1)Conception of the DivineAllAncestor-centred (2)Animist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (3)Polytheistic: many gods (4)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (1)Living tradition, practised today (3)Suppressed, then revived (1)Closed Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (1)Giving Obligation EnforceabilityAllCustomary Norm (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9Basque MythologyPolytheistic (Folk)Caucasian Native ReligionPolytheistic (Folk)Chinese Folk ReligionPolytheistic (Folk)Dao Mau (Vietnamese Mother Goddess Religion)Polytheistic (Folk)Ladin MythologyPolytheistic (Folk)Ryukyuan ReligionPolytheistic (Folk)Sardinian Folk TraditionPolytheistic (Folk)Sicilian Folk ReligionPolytheistic (Folk)Vietnamese Folk ReligionPolytheistic (Folk)Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Popular ReligionView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First 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.