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S.G.F. Brandon (ed.), A Dictionary of Comparative Religion (1970), contains articles on the various gods and also on theories of polytheism, and these have bibliographic sections. A useful compendium is the Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology (1959). One example of the numerous anthropological literature is G.E. Swanson, The Birth of the Gods: The Origin of Primitive Beliefs (1960).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: God against the Gods: Monotheism versus Polytheism. | Apr 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: God against the Gods: Monotheism versus Polytheism. | Feb 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Society of Biblical Literature - Monotheism and Polytheism in the Ancient Near East. | Oct 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Monotheism and Polytheism (PDF). | Jan 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Basics of Philosophy - Polytheism. | Nov 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: MLibrary Digital Collections - The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project - Polytheism. | Jul 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Polytheism. | Jun 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Polytheistic Religion: How Pantheons Reigned in the Ancient World. | Apr 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mythology.net - Polytheism. | Feb 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Polytheism. | Oct 28, 2022 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Nov 10, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 13, 2017 | ||
| Article revised to change "Zoroaster" to "Zarathustra." | Jan 22, 2016 | ||
| Images added. | May 30, 2012 | ||
| Article revised to change instances of "Aryan" to "Indo-European" and to remove diacritics. | Feb 25, 2010 | ||
| Changed "Old Testament" to "Hebrew Bible." | Feb 25, 2010 | ||
| Converted Wade-Giles romanization to Pinyin. | Feb 25, 2010 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 28, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: GotQuestions.org - polytheism. | Jun 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Synthesis - Monotheism vs. Polytheism. | Jun 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Rudy's Page on Theosophy - Monotheism or Polytheism. | Jun 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Kidipede History for Kids - Monotheism and Polytheism. | Jun 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Religion Facts - Is Hinduism Polytheistic. | Jun 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: HyperHistory.net - Monotheism VS Polytheism. | Jun 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Hindu Website - Hinduism and polytheism. | Jun 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Reflations - Polytheism. | Jun 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Monotheism. | Jun 04, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 08, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 06, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 18, 2003 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 02, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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