Polygamy

Polygamy is a form of marriage where a person is united with more than one member of the opposite sex. The term is normally interchangeable with polygyny, where a man is united to more than one wife. Polyandry is its opposite, where a woman is united to more than one husband.

Polygamy is more common in cultures that advocate such practices for the sake of increasing the number of possible heirs to a family line. In Christianity, though, polygamy is discouraged in favor of monogamy despite the Bible's mention of the kings of Israel such as David and Solomon as well as Abraham (the father of the Judaic, Christian, and Islamic faiths) being polygamists.

In the EMPATH: The Luckiest Smurf story series, Empath found himself uncomfortable with the idea of playing a Biblical character in Tapper's Song Of Solomon setting in the Imaginarium who was a polygamist. Tapper, however, told Empath that he does not need to defile himself while playing the character.