There are times when the victors win by allowing the losers to write 90% of the story. Thus, the Catholic saints. Many of the saints were previously pagan gods, and the Catholic Church decided that, rather than fight about it, it was easiest to just accept the old gods as saints, which made victory much easier.
http://biblelight.net/verita.htm
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_pagan-gods-and-goddesses-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianization_of_saints_and...