Sentence examples for multiple deities from inspiring English sources

Isis sees any historical artefacts or temples which suggest the existence of multiple deities as pagan and idolatrous, and has called for their destruction.

There are families in Madison that do not believe in a supreme being, there are families that believe in a Goddess rather than a God, and there are families that believe in a spirit world populated with multiple deities".

Tutankhamun was one of the last kings of Egypt's 18th Dynasty and ruled during a crucial, turmoil-filled period when Akhenaten's monotheism was ended and powers were returned to the priests of ancient Egypt's multiple deities.

Withdrawing from the traditional capitals of Thebes and Memphis, Ikhnaton (also known as Akhenaten) and his wife Nefertiti abandoned multiple deities for a single god (Aton, the disc of the sun), created a new capital at Ikhtaton (now Amarna) and saw their planned city of magnificent temples and brightly decorated palaces flourish.

If multiple deities were allowed, then there would be confusion as to which laws were true.

Is it monotheistic (worshiping only one deity), polytheistic (worshiping multiple deities), pantheistic (worshiping the universe), or atheistic (believing in no deities)?

The Siddheshwara temple in the Haveri district has sculptures of deities of multiple faiths.

Typically, images of Hindu deities have multiple heads and arms (usually to denote invincibility), carry distinctive weapons, and are mounted on lotuses or particular animals.

Because of the gods' multiple and overlapping roles, deities can have many epithets with more important gods accumulating more titles and the same epithet can apply to many deities.

By depicting the deity with multiple heads, arms, or eyes or with animal features, the image, or icon, represents the deity's many different aspects and powers.

Michael Langan's experimental film Choros features Terah Maher as a dancer whose moves are echoed across the screen, trailing behind her so she appears to multiply before your eyes, at times appearing like a Hindu deity with multiple limbs.