Traditions Directory
A complete index of every faith, philosophy, and spiritual path in the World Religions Explorer — from Sumerian city-gods to Rastafari, from ancient mysteries to living traditions. Search, filter, and explore the full landscape.
Showing 44 of 44 traditions
Aboriginal Dreaming
The world's oldest continuous religion.
Ancient Egyptian Religion
† HistoricalPharaohs, mummification, and the weighing of the heart.
Bahá'í Faith
One faith, one humanity, evolving revelation.
Bön
Tibet's pre-Buddhist religion of sky, spirits, and the Nine Ways.
Buddhism
The Middle Way to the end of suffering.
Canaanite Religion
† HistoricalEl, Baal, Asherah — the gods of the Levant.
Candomblé
Orixá worship reborn in Brazil's terreiros.
Cao Đài
Vietnam's 'Third Amnesty' — one God behind every faith.
Celtic Druidism
† HistoricalDruids, sacred groves, and the wheel of the year.
Cheondogyo
Korea's 'Religion of the Heavenly Way.'
Chinese Folk Religion
Ancestors, local gods, and the fabric of everyday Chinese life.
Christianity
Salvation through Christ, God incarnate.
Confucianism
Ethics, ritual, and the cultivation of virtue.
Druze
An esoteric Levantine faith, monotheistic and secret.
Gnosticism
† HistoricalSecret knowledge (gnosis) and a flawed material world.
Greco-Roman Religion
† HistoricalOlympus, oracles, and the rites of the polis.
Haitian Vodou
Bondye, the lwa, and the ancestors of Haiti.
Hinduism
The oldest living religion — many paths to one truth.
Ifá (Yoruba Divination)
The wisdom oracle of the Yoruba and beyond.
Inuit Religion
Sedna of the sea, shamans, and animal souls.
Islam
Submission to the will of Allah.
Jainism
Radical nonviolence and the soul's absolute freedom.
Judaism
The covenant between one God and a people.
Mandaeism
Baptism in living water and the last Gnostics of the marshes.
Manichaeism
† HistoricalA world religion of light and darkness, from Persia to China.
Māori Religion
Io the supreme, ancestors, and the web of mana.
Mesoamerican Religion
† HistoricalAztec and Maya cosmology of cyclical time and cosmic sacrifice.
Mithraism
† HistoricalThe mystery cult of the bull-slayer Mithras.
Navajo (Diné) Spirituality
Hózhó — beauty, balance, and the Blessingway.
Norse Paganism
† HistoricalOdin, Thor, Valhalla, and Ragnarök.
Rastafari
Zion, Babylon, and the divinity of Haile Selassie.
Samaritanism
The smallest living branch of ancient Israelite religion.
Santería
Yoruba orisha devotion in the Caribbean.
Shinto
The way of the kami — Japan's indigenous faith.
Sikhism
One creator, equality, and honest work.
Slavic & Baltic Paganism
† HistoricalPerun's thunder and the last pagan holdout of Europe.
Stoicism
Virtue as the only good; master your judgments.
Sumerian Religion
† HistoricalThe cradle of written myth, city-gods and ziggurats.
Taoism
Flowing with the Tao — the way of the universe.
Tengrism
Eternal Blue Sky — the faith of the steppe.
Wicca
A modern pagan witchcraft of nature and duality.
Yazidism
The peacock angel and a people of the mountains.
Yoruba Religion
Olodumare and the orishas of West Africa.
Zoroastrianism
The first great monotheism — light against darkness.