The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c4.7

v1.c4.7

| 5. The nature of the Gods and Demons . . . . . | 58 |
| § 1. Nature Gods and abstract Deities . . . . | 58 |
| (*a*) Anthropomorphism . . . . . . | 58 |
| (*b*) Theriomorphism and the worship of animals . | 61 |
| (*c*) Animatism, Sondergötter, and Abstract Deities . | 63 |
| § 2. Fetishism . . . . . . . | 66 |
| § 3. Animism and the spirits of the dead . . . | 71 |
| § 4. The term Deva . . . . . . . | 75 |