Maybe I am reading too much mythology via Rick Riordan lately, but it does seem like the ancient civilizations who had a plethora of gods or goddesses specific to most things had the right idea: specialization plus multitudes equals better chance of getting attention from deities. Nowadays, we tend to go with the all-the-eggs-in-one-basket approach. There is nothing wrong with that but if aliens from another planet came down here millenia from now and excavated our sliver of civilization, I bet they would think we are worshipping these Gods and Goddesses.
