A hierarchy of gods formed when defeated peoples accept the superiority of a victorious god.
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pantheon
A hierarchy of gods formed when defeated peoples accept the superiority of a victorious god.
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Polytheistic pantheons are framed as religious records of war: conquered gods become subordinate to the victorious god, as in Zeus ruling the Greek pantheon.
He models polytheism as an outgrowth of settled-town competition: each place has a patron god, and defeated gods become subordinate to victorious gods, forming a pantheon.
Inca religious tolerance is described as imperial incorporation: conquered peoples can worship their gods as long as they acknowledge the supremacy of the Inca god.
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"...obey their God right and this is what we call the pantheon so remember in the Greek pantheon Zeus is at the top and..."
"...to the winning god. And this creates the idea of the pantheon that we see in Greek, Roman mythologies, as well as Norse mythologies...."
"...when they conquer other people, their gods are incorporated into a pantheon of gods. Like the Romans, the Incas are extremely tolerant people. You..."
"...okay does that make sense okay so now you have this pantheon of gods okay which leads to polytheism then we make the switch..."
"...to the winning god. And this creates the idea of the pantheon that we see. We see this in Greek, Roman mythologies, as well..."
"...votes to condemn him to death and he says in a pantheon here is my head it will it will answer for everything my..."
"...have one god, Yahweh, but Yahweh... but they also have a pantheon of gods, which is the same... which is true for every other..."
"It's a polytheistic religion with a pantheon of gods, okay? And maybe Yahweh's at the top, or maybe Yahweh's co -equal, okay? We don't..."
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