[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925) › v1.c4.7 # The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c4.7 The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c4.7 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.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 | - [Previous: v1.c4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c4.6) - [Next: v1.c4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c4.8) - [Up: v1.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c4.7) · Pramāṇa