Can polytheism have priests?

Polytheistic religious culture tends to grow organically. Some polytheistic cultures do not have what we would recognize as a professional priesthood, simply because they have very little division of labor. read more

Some polytheistic cultures do not have what we would recognize as a professional priesthood, simply because they have very little division of labor. In some cases, a growth in population, territory, or economy is marked by the emergence of professional priests, and by the subsumption of gods, beliefs, and practices of nearby peoples. read more

Hellenic Polytheism: Priesthood I feel like this post has been a long time coming, and I’m honestly really relieved to have all of this in one place where it’s easy to see historical differences as well as lay out what the actual expectations and means of priesthood are. read more