Greeks believed in gods that they always prayed to. All Greeks worship the gods and always had a ritual. They are sacred to them. It was sometimes a law to praise the gods. They had celebrations to worship gods. They believed in monotheism and polytheism sometimes.
Through different religions people all around the world have believed in different things. Those beliefs deal with different types of celebration and rituals. Most people today have a monotheism religion.
The irony in this question is that Mr. Goodenwell was trying to keep his son safe and in the act of this his son got hurt with part of the equipment that was supposed to keep him safe.