" ... the many gods and goddesses featured in primitive Hinduism are merely symbols or archetypes of various aspects of reality ... "

Isn't this also true of Christianity with its: God the father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost (and the Virgin Mary if you're a Catholic?).

By the way, what is the 'Holy Ghost' supposed to be? This puzzled me as a child: God was an old man and Jesus was younger and had a white robe, a beard and long hair ... but the HG was just a vague blur. In fact it is still is a vague blur to me as an adult. I tried looking it up but didn't understand the answer (but then perhaps the 'answer' was really just a lot of hand waving!?).