The idea is that the world is ruled by a multitude of gods, each with special powers and responsibilities. It is ruled by many gods who each had special powers that control a different part of the world. A Greek god is Athea.
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Polytheism; nature religions--
Greek gods. The ancient Greeks believed in gods that lived on mt Olympus.
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They took gods from Greeks, Egyptians and the Levant.
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They were polytheistic and believed the gods controlled everyone and everything for a reason.
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They believed, much like the Greeks and Native Canadians that there was a creator for everything (sky gods, sea gods etc.). Their religious beliefs were also centred around the Pharaohs who, even though they were human, were believed to have descended from the Gods.
The temples were the most important type of building, and the main religious beliefs were that there was a physical embodiment for everything in nature, and for things such as weather, natural disasters, and other things they couldn't explain.