Polytheism
Polytheism is a belief system that centers around multiple deities that are normally ranked by their amount of power and given worship. This is the contrast of monotheism, the belief in one God. Some polytheists chose to be henotheists, meaning that they worship one specific God instead of all of the gods equally. There are also kathenotheists, who worship different gods during different times of the year. Polytheism was the typical religion of society during the Bronze and Iron Age. Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans were all polytheistic societies.
The world is populated by the spirit beings of gods and other creatures. They are the real reason for natural events; for example, the volcanic eruption in Pompeii was deemed to be the wrath of an angry God. Man and the creatures of the earth are the product of the gods. Often there are 'seers', people designated to have premonitions about the gods and how they're feeling. Moral values are more like ways to avoid irritating the gods.
The world is populated by the spirit beings of gods and other creatures. They are the real reason for natural events; for example, the volcanic eruption in Pompeii was deemed to be the wrath of an angry God. Man and the creatures of the earth are the product of the gods. Often there are 'seers', people designated to have premonitions about the gods and how they're feeling. Moral values are more like ways to avoid irritating the gods.