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Worship in polytheism involves rituals, prayers, and ceremonies directed at distinct gods to honor, appease, or seek favors from those deities based on their specific roles and powers.

Pantheism often perceives the afterlife as a return or reintegration with the divine cosmos, whereas polytheistic traditions can have various distinct afterlife beliefs, with specific realms or conditions based on the favor of the gods.

Polytheism is the belief in or worship of multiple gods who are usually distinct, separate beings with their own distinct identities, attributes, and roles.

Pantheism often rejects a creation narrative, as the universe is eternal and one with the divine; there is no distinction between creator and creation.

In polytheism, the gods are numerous and have individual characteristics, often personified with human-like traits, relationships, stories, and hierarchical roles.

Polytheism usually includes diverse creation myths, with gods often being creators, manipulators, or rulers of the universe rather than being synonymous with it.

Worship in pantheism is typically characterized by reverence for existence itself, often through meditation, ethical living, and a deep appreciation for the natural world.

A salient feature of pantheism is its emphasis on the unity of all that exists, seeing all of nature and existence as aspects of the divine.

Pantheism is the belief that the universe (or nature as the totality of everything) is identical with divinity or that everything composes an all-encompassing, immanent god.