domestic deities
deity earth single tradition · 1
Domestic deities are considered survivals from an early stage of ancestor worship. They are believed to be vestiges of earlier evolutionary stages in a culture's development, according to Edward Burnett Tylor. Tylor and Herbert Spencer agreed that ancestor worship was the root of religion and that domestic deities were survivals from such an early stage.
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“both agreed that ancestor worship was the root of religion and that domestic deities were survivals from such an early stage.”
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