ACOUP - Practical Polytheism, Part I: Knowledge

Next, I'm moving on to Bret’s four-part look at how ancient polytheistic religious belief systems worked. To start off, he lays a foundation of how ancient polytheism differs from our “pick-and-choose” sense of deity selection often seen in video and tabletop games. Ancient believers didn’t “pick” their gods; rather, what was important to them was knowing how to appease the gods in order to make sure they could get the things they needed. So how was that knowledge learned and passed on?

The text for this recording is from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry, the blog of history professor, Bret Devereaux, whose work you should absolutely support with your eyes, your clicks, and, if you are able, your bucks.

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