Spiritually, these societies believed in local gods who were only known to others through oral tales.

Many local gods were identified with Apollo in his capacity of god of healing.

He would not die of plague or as a sacrifice to the local gods here.

The custom was that people, including children, were sacrificed to the local gods having been selected by a form of lottery.

The country has an enormous number of local gods, unknown to the world outside.

You know perfectly well that I swore by the local gods.

We know little about the temples of local gods.

In Imperial times it was often debated whether local gods such as the city god held more power than the local officials.

In Pharaoh the player's city has a patron god and several local gods who must all be appeased.

He wondered if the local gods demanded human sacrifices, and if so by what method?