Re: Constructed Religions

Nik Taylor wrote:

>Kristian Jensen wrote:
>> This explains a whole lot. With only one word for all these
>> supernatural beings, its no wonder they could all be considered
>> "gods". But I think you still ought to gloss /pol/ as "gods,
>> spirits, elementals, or any supernatural being" and not as simply
>> "gods".
>
>Well, there are nat-cultures with such entities, having literally
>thousands of them, and they are customarily translated as "god".
>
That's not the impression I get when I read the literatures where
the term "spirits" are used instead (of course, depending on the
exact details).

Regards,
-Kristian- 8-)