 The gods ' complex characteristics were expressed in myths and in intricate relationships between deities : family ties , loose groups and hierarchies , and combinations of separate gods into one . Deities ' diverse appearances in art — as animals , humans , objects , and combinations of different forms — also alluded , through symbolism , to their essential features . 
 The gods <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'</mark></a>complex characteristics <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> expressed in myths and in intricate relationships between deities : family ties , loose groups and hierarchies , and combinations of separate gods into one . Deities <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'</mark></a>diverse appearances in art — as animals , humans , objects , and combinations of different forms — also alluded , through symbolism , to their essential features . 
The gods  complex characteristics was expressed in myths and in intricate relationships between deities : family ties , loose groups and hierarchies , and combinations of separate gods into one . Deities  diverse appearances in art — as animals , humans , objects , and combinations of diff forms — also alluded , through symbolism , to their essential features .