Olmec

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Olmec religion refers to the assumed spiritual beliefs of a group of people in Mesoamerica from ca. 2000 BCE - 400 CE. Their identity is largely determined by a pattern of material culture.

Parent belief system

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    Mesoamerican Culture · Polytheistic
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    Heads up. Olmec Religion belongs to a parent belief system on the basis of shared myths and deities.

    Mesoamerican belief systems refer to the cultures of central America between ca. 2000 BCE - 1520 CE: Olmec, Mayan, Aztec, Toltec, and others.

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MLA Modern Language Association (8th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Olmec." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 05 May. 2020, omnika.org/stable/554. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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APA American Psychological Association (6th ed.)

OMNIKA (2020, May 05). Olmec. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/554

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CMS Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Olmec." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created May 05, 2020. Accessed February 22, 2025. https://omnika.org/stable/554.

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supervisor_account Polytheistic Multiple deities
indeterminate_check_box Defunct No longer practiced

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