Development
The various Indo-European daughter-cultures continued elements of PIE religion, syncretizing it with innovations and foreign elements, notably Ancient Near Eastern and Dravidian elements, the reforms of Zoroaster and Buddha, and the spread of Christianity and Islam.
- Anatolian: see Hittite mythology
- Indo-Iranian:
- Indo-Aryan: see Vedic religion and mythology, Indian religions (Hinduism and Hindu mythology, Buddhism and Buddhist mythology, Jainism, Sikhism), and Kalasha (religion)
- Iranian: see Zoroastrianism, Persian mythology
- Greek: see Greek polytheism and mythology, Hellenistic religion, Decline of Hellenistic polytheism, Greek Orthodox Church
- Italic: see Roman polytheism and mythology, Roman Catholic Church
- Celtic: see Celtic polytheism and mythology, Celtic Christianity
- Germanic: see Germanic mythology (Continental, Anglo-Saxon and Norse mythology)
- Baltic: see Latvian mythology, Lithuanian mythology
- Slavic: see Slavic mythology, Christianization of the Slavs
- Tocharian: little evidence, see Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
- Armenian: limited evidence, see Armenian mythology, Armenian Orthodox Church
- Prehistoric Balkans: see Paleo-Balkanic mythology
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