It seems like the question of “how could people have believed that” would be best answered by historians? And if this question is based on what you saw in a mov

It seems like the question of “how could people have believed that” would be best answered by historians? And if this question is based on what you saw in a movie or novel, first you need to learn about how accurate it is. Did people really believe what you imagine they believed? Bret Devereaux‘s writing particularly comes to mind. I liked his series about polytheism in ancient times: https://acoup.blog/category/collections/practical-polytheism/ https://acoup.blog/category/collections/practical-polytheism... https://acoup.blog/2019/10/25/collections-practical-polytheism-part-i-knowledge/ https://acoup.blog/2019/10/25/collections-practical-polythei...