Romans identified (either explicitly in surviving works, or as supported by the analyses of modern scholars) with their own gods and heroes. This system is easily seen in the names of the days of the week, which were frequently translated according to the interpretio. In art Examples of deities depicted in syncretic compositions by means of interpretatio graeca or romana: See also Aion (deity) Mystery religions Honji suijaku, in Japan Interpretatio germanica Interpretatio Christiana Celtic deities Proto-Indo-European religion, a reconstructed religion that relates Greek deities to other Indo-European deities Shinbutsu-shūgō, a Japanese amalgamation of Buddhist and Shinto deities Syncretism Three teachings, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism as harmonious aggregate in Chinese philosophy. References Further reading Kaspers, Wilhelm. "Germanische Götternamen." Zeitschrift Für Deutsches Altertum Und Deutsche Literatur 83, no. 2 (1951): 79–91. www.jstor.org/stable/20654522. Deities in classical mythology Etruscan mythology Foreign relations of ancient Rome Gallo-Roman religion Greek mythology Hellenistic religion Jews and Judaism in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire Latin religious words and phrases Religion in the Roman Empire Religious pluralism Religious syncretism Roman mythology Phoenician mythology Religious interpretation