Religions that believe in many Gods are called Polytheistic religions- ones that believe in only one are called Monotheistic, those that believe in two are called Dualistic.
Because their religion had many gods. It is called polytheism. There are many such religions.
A person who believes in lots of gods would be called a polytheist.
Many religions have a plurality of gods. Hindu is a good example.
There were different types of religions: Gods religion: they believe in thousand of gods Sacrifices: they sacrifice people for the gods because the Incas believe that the gods were angry
The belief in many gods and goddesses is called polytheism. It is a common feature of many ancient religions, including Greek, Roman, and Hindu polytheism. Each deity is often associated with specific aspects of life or the natural world.
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This is called polytheism! If you are interested in this read up on the Hindu religion, or any of the pagan/neo-pagan religions which believe in all sorts of gods, demigods and deities.
They both worshipped multiple gods, and were the same gods with different names, ie. Poseidon=Neptune, Zeus=Jupiter.
All gods are real to their own followers, but may be considered false to followers of other gods. So, the concept of 'false gods' is, to some extent, a theological one. The more intolerant religions may call the gods of other religions 'false', while those religions that practise tolerance merely say, "we do not believe in that God (or those gods)."
Well, obviously many pagan religions (the ancient egyptians, the norse mythology, the greco-roman gods) worship a multitude of gods, male and female. The Wiccan religion also worships a male and female god and goddess, though the Goddess (that's what she's known by) is often seen as dominant. Hinduism claims to have literally thousands upon thousands af deities, often male, female, animal, or a combination of the three. Pygmy religions in northern South America might be another good start.
Entities are sometimes called gods because they they are often difficult to describe in anthropomorphic terms.