I think deities in general are a means of personifying in an attempt to come to terms with big abstract forces difficult for a human to come to terms with.
Someone might have difficulties reconning with the realities of war might have conversations with war personified, through prayer or a priest to attempt to come to terms with that reality.
In this interpretation, monotheism is simply dealing with these concepts as part of a whole or to attempt to deal with the root of all of these concepts directly.
Stori_Weever t1_ivwynuk wrote
Reply to What was the societal role of polytheistic Mediterranean religions and their priests? by bhejda
I think deities in general are a means of personifying in an attempt to come to terms with big abstract forces difficult for a human to come to terms with.
Someone might have difficulties reconning with the realities of war might have conversations with war personified, through prayer or a priest to attempt to come to terms with that reality.
In this interpretation, monotheism is simply dealing with these concepts as part of a whole or to attempt to deal with the root of all of these concepts directly.