dodekatheism

/dəʊ.dɛk.əˈθiː.ɪ.zəm/

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek δωδεκαθεϊσμός (dodekatheïsmós, “worship of twelve [Olympian] gods”).

dodekatheism means synonym of Hellenism (the modern-day revival of the polytheistic religious system of Ancient Greece). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.

Why this word is great

DODEKATHEISM — [Noun] The modern, structured religious practice devoted to the worship of the twelve principal Olympian deities of ancient Greece. Borrowed from Greek δωδεκαθεϊσμός (dodekatheïsmós), from δώδεκα (dōdeka, "twelve") + θεϊσμός (theïsmós, "belief in the gods"). Unlike Hellenism, a broad cultural revival encompassing philosophy and varied local cults, or Paganism, a vast canopy for diffuse, nature-centric faiths, Dodekatheism is a precise theological reclamation—a deliberate re-inhabitation of a specific mythic bureaucracy. It is the scent of khernips and frankincense at a homemade altar, the careful libation of wine poured for Dionysus into sun-warmed earth, and the recitation of Homeric hymns not as poetry but as prayer—a quiet, stubborn argument against the linearity of time, stitching a fragmented sacred order back onto the fabric of a disenchanted world.

noun

Synonym of Hellenism (the modern-day revival of the polytheistic religious system of Ancient Greece)“Hellenismos aka Dodekatheism, Hellenism, Hellenic Polytheism or Hellenic Reconstructionism is the modern adaptation of the Ancient Hellenic (Greek) religion.”