Home›Polytheistic (Historical) Pantheons›Divine Succession›The senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersBrowse ByThe senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersThis page groups pantheons by how one generation of gods gave way to the next. Wikipedia notes that "conquests could lead to the subordination of the elder culture's pantheon to a newer one, as in the Greek Titanomachy, and possibly also the case of the Æsir and Vanir in the Norse mythos." Browsing by divine succession lets a visitor trace how a pantheon's ruling generation changed over time.FactsThe senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPantheons 1The senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersFilter Results3 entriesPantheon MembershipAllEvery place, clan and lineage adds its own (2)Foreign gods are adopted and identified with gods already held (1)Mortal EntryAllRulers are made gods by act of state (3)Pantheon OfAllAncient Egyptian Religion (1)Inca Religion (1)Mesopotamian Religion (1)Divine HeadshipAllA single sovereign god rules the others (2)Headship passed between gods as political centres rose and fell (1)Creator RelationAllThe creator of the world also rules the pantheon (1)The creator withdrew after making the world and is seldom addressed in cult (2)Era Attested Start YearAll-3100 (1)-3000 (1)1200 (1)Veneration StatusAllHistorically attested; no continuous cult (3)Venerated in a syncretic or Christianised form (1)Pantheon StructureAllA celestial bureaucracy of ranked offices, modelled on a human state (1)A council of gods that meets, deliberates and decides (1)A descent group, the gods traced as kin from a first generation (1)Local and lineage cults gathered under one name, with no single frame (1)Pantheon KindAllAncient Near Eastern Pantheons (1)RegionAllEgypt (1)Mesopotamia (1)Sumer (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3EgyptianThe senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersIncaThe senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersSumerianThe senior god withdrew and left the world to junior powersSources1. 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.