SOME dietys are "symbolic" not all, it also depends mostly on a wiccan's personal believes.
let me clarify this for you. dietys can be "symbolic" a way of defining natural phenomena or human feeling, they can also be "manifest" which means that they are belived to acctually exist as the soul of the thing they represent the sun god for example could be depicted as the sun's "soul" (it is ok to laugh i dont care)
However i will admit those that represent human fellings are accepted to be "symbolic" to most pagans today. (personally i feel that Pan is symbolic, but i feel that other dietys are manifest).
shaman
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