pagan deities

Pre-Christian divine beings

Pagan deities are gods and goddesses from polytheistic religions outside the Abrahamic traditions—Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, Hindu, and countless others.

The term reflects a Christian-era perspective that grouped all non-Christian worship together.

Today it appears in discussions of mythology, neo-pagan spirituality, and comparative religion: She studies pagan deities of the ancient Mediterranean.

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Anubis · Destroyer · Freya · Sacrifice · ancient ritual · Isis · Apollo · Athena · Thor · Earth · Ocean · Warrior · harvest festival · Baal · fertility goddess · Storm · Mother · Iconography

Opposites
monotheistic vs polytheistic divinity

pagan deitiesYahweh

Biblical God's proper name

Allah · the Almighty · God the Father · Brahman

religious legitimacy/orthodoxy

pagan deitiesChrist

The anointed savior

saints · angels · biblical figures · prophets · holy figures

sacred vs secular

pagan deitiesatheism

Rejection of deities

secular humanism · rationalism · naturalism · agnosticism

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