The following evidence was gathered to support the idea that polytheistic gods can take a variety of forms.

1.) Moreover, because of its dominance of the world, the sun is often seen as all-knowing, and thus sky gods of various cultures tend to be highly powerful and knowledgeable, if also sometimes rather remote.

2.) In brief, various cultures have taken existing species in their environment and woven them into the pantheon — partly because of their essential dependence on the animals and partly for other reasons, such as similarities between animal forms and other sacred forces (e.g., the analogy of the lion to the force behind kingship).

3.) Because human beings can enter into a living relationship with the supernatural beings that surround and dominate their lives, it has always been natural to model the gods as human beings.
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What additional piece of evidence helps create the MOST COMPLETE idea that polytheistic gods can take a variety of forms.

A.
In the course of analyzing and recording various beliefs connected with the gods, historians of religions have used certain categories to identify different attitudes toward the gods.

B.
Though a single evolutionary process cannot be postulated, there has been a drift in various traditions toward the unification of sacred forces under a single head, which, in a number of nonliterate "primal" societies, has become embedded in a supreme being.

C.
In a number of societies there have been gods of war, such as Mars (ancient Rome) and Skanda (India); gods of learning, such as Sarasvati (India); and gods of love, such as Aphrodite (Greece) and Kama (India).

D.
The various gods must be seen against the background of a whole host of spirits, demons and other supernatural forces prevalent in the environment of pastoral and agricultural communities.