The concept spans conceptions from absolute monism to henotheism, monotheism and polytheism. It depicted religion as evolving with human culture, from primitive polytheism to ethical monotheism. It has been described as henotheism, polytheism, panentheism, and monotheism. This traditional religion heavily emphasized ancestor veneration, polytheism and animism. The Roman polytheism merged with the Gallic paganism into the same syncretism. Inconsistencies that arise between monotheism and polytheism in the texts are reflective of this hypothesis. The Age of Aries ushered in efforts to replace polytheism with monotheism. A central, main division in modern polytheistic practices is between soft polytheism and hard polytheism. Importantly it also introduced Polytheism, or "paganism", and the juxtaposition of ancient and modern. Proselytizing religions began to replace polytheism and folk religions in many areas. "Hellenic religion" and "Hellenic polytheism" are often used interchangeably to refer to the religion. Sumerians believed in an anthropomorphic polytheism, or the belief in many gods in human form. The origin of the application of the term "pagan" to polytheism is debated. He supported the restoration of Hellenistic polytheism as the state religion. The mythology of the Franks was probably a form of Germanic polytheism.