Pictographs of the Egyptian gods in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Polytheism means believing in many gods . A person that believes in polytheism is called a polytheist . A religion with polytheism can be called a polytheistic religion .
Polytheism is well documented in historical religions of classical antiquity , especially those of Ancient Greeks and Ancient Rome . Other ancient peoples who were polytheists were Germanics , Turkic peoples , Ancient Egyptians , Celts , and the Norse .
There are various polytheistic religions that are practiced today such as Sanamahism (Meitei paganism ), Tengrism , Shinto , Chinese folk religion , Thelma, Wicca , Druidism , Taoism , Asatru and Candomblé .
Polytheistic religions usually include a set of stories about the gods, which is called mythology .
The opposite of polytheism is monotheism , which is the belief in only one god and is practiced by Judaism , Christianity , Islam , Sikhism , etc.