Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. The Cosmic Couple: Mother Earth and Father Sky 19
7. Numinous Nature: Animal, Plant, and Mineral Spirits 37
8. The Family Deified: Ancestral Spirits 59
9. Divine Ghosts: Functional Deities 73
10. The Seminuminous: Culture Heroes and Tricksters 89
11. One or Many: Monotheists' Misperceptions of Polytheism 103
12. Diversity and Accommodation: Human Life in a Polytheistic Milieu 121
13. Further Readings 145
14. Index 153