Polytheism proper is like an Internet of somewhat incompatible, independent-origin gods. The modern "polytheism" of Hinduism isn't the real thing since a syncretic-monotheistic Brahminical backend theology had been put in place by ~1300 AD due to various "reform" movements.
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I feel like having the thing end in -ism is slightly misleading, it gives the impression of a more unified philosophy/doctrine.
Like perhaps it's more a situation a society can be in, than a religion a society follows



