|''Rigveda 5.3.1-2''| Translator: [[Hermann Oldenberg]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Hermann Oldenberg|title=The Religion of the Veda|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=uKeubCiBOPQC |year= 1988|publisher= Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-81-208-0392-3|page=51}}</ref><ref>See also, Griffith's translation of this hymn: [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Rig_Veda/Mandala_5/Hymn_3 Wikisource]</ref>}}
Related terms to henotheism are [[monolatrism]] and [[kathenotheism]].<ref name=britannicamonolatry/> The latter term is an extension of "henotheism", from {{lang|grc|καθ' ἕνα θεόν}} (''kath' hena theon'') —"one god at a time".<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=kathenotheism Online Etymology Dictionary: kathenotheism]</ref> Henotheism refers to a pluralistic theology wherein different deities are viewed to be of a unitary, equivalent divine essence.<ref name=taliaferro78>{{cite book|author1=Charles Taliaferro |author2=Victoria S. Harrison |author3=Stewart Goetz |title=The Routledge Companion to Theism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ct7fCgAAQBAJ |year=2012|publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-33823-6 |pages=78–79 }}</ref> Some scholars prefer the term [[monolatry]] to henotheism, to discuss religions where a single god is central, but the existence or the position of other gods is not denied.<ref name=britannicamonolatry>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/monotheism Monotheism] and [https://www.britannica.com/topic/polytheism Polytheism], Encyclopædia Britannica (2014)</ref><ref name=fahlbusch524>{{cite book|author = Christoph Elsas|editor=Erwin Fahlbusch |title=The Encyclopedia of Christianity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yaecVMhMWaEC |year=1999|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans |isbn=978-90-04-11695-5 |pages=524 }}</ref> Another term related to henotheism is "equitheism", referring to the belief that all gods are equal.<ref>{{cite book|author=Carl Olson |title=The Many Colors of Hinduism: A Thematic-historical Introduction |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVWKClYq4TUC |date=2007 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=978-0-8135-4068-9|pages=8–9}}</ref>
