Bret Devereaux

@BretDevereaux Concrete question. In a fantasy world, how would practicing, orthopractical polytheists react to the cults of orcs and such? Especially if they realize that they worship the same deities, although in different form?

And how does one look at regional and/or ethnical deities, such as a jungle god worshipped by jungle inhabitants?

Syncretism - the merging or adoption of other religious practices - is a powerful force in many polytheistic faiths, historically. I can't imagine anyone would be bothered to find out the strange people over the hills worship the same gods by different names...