Polytheism

==Gods and divinity==
[[File:Anitos of Northern tribes (c. 1900, Philippines).jpg|thumb|[[Bulul]] statues serve as avatars of rice deities in the [[Philippine mythology|Anitist]] beliefs of the [[Ifugao people|Ifugao]] in the [[Philippines]].]]
The deities of polytheism are often portrayed as complex personages of greater or lesser status, with individual skills, needs, desires and histories, in many ways similar to humans ([[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]]) in their [[wikt:personality|personality]] traits, but with additional individual powers, abilities, knowledge or perceptions.
Polytheism cannot be cleanly separated from the [[animism|animist]] beliefs prevalent in most [[folk religion]]s. The gods of polytheism are in many cases the highest order of a continuum of [[Non-physical entity|supernatural beings]] or spirits, which may include [[ancestors]], [[demon]]s, [[wights]], and others. In some cases these spirits are divided into [[heaven|celestial]] or [[chthonic]] classes, and belief in the existence of all these beings does not imply that all are worshipped.