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Bích Nụ wrote: I'm talking about evil, dark, bloodthirsty paganism that includes human sacrifices like the ancient Aztec religions that fits under Mythological - if the religion is ancient enough it is no longer widely practiced, if it from a reality that never existed (like Black and White video-game) it goes under Fantasy.

the blood-thirsty Wicker Man cult types are placed under pre-existing "Cults" category, as they are considered as such in the modern world.. if it is about events that happened in history but were fictionalized in movies it goes under "Fictionalized".

many of what we know about ancient pagans were, after all, fictionalized by Romans and similar conquerors who often made them to be much, much worse than they actually were (for example the Gauls never burned humans in the Wicker Man, only animals - animal sacrifice was not considered evil in ancient times, even Biblical characters performed it before attitudes changed towards such things (values change over time, we don't go fighting each other for mates like cavemen did.. same with certain sacrifices etc). )

as for "pagan gods", they fit nicely under "Deities" as by its very nature "deities" (plural) suggests non-monotheist, which in turn makes it "pagan".