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Line 28: ==Overview== "Polytheism refers to the honouring of 'many deities', each of whom is experienced and acknowledged as an independent, individual personality, not as an aspect or archetype of something else. Polytheist belief systems have a number of deities or sacred beings. Some may have jurisdiction or governance over a large area, others may be associated with (e.g.) a particular river or town, or a particular family. Sacred beings may include [[spirits]], [[wights]], [[ancestors]], 'small gods'. Often individuals within polytheistic cultures will form relationships with a small number of specific [[goddesses]], [[deity\|Gods]], or other beings while acknowledging their kinship to other discrete entities who are important within the [[culture]], [[cosmology]], and [[landscape]].

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