How can people expand their knowledge base? Describe early religious beliefs

Even in ancient times, people began to form their own religious beliefs. So they began to deify the forces of nature and developed faith in the spirits. The ancients believed that the wind, water, fire, earth and other elements were ruled by deities who have supernatural powers. Also, ancient people believed in different spirits, which, according to their ideas, could move into bodies, and could also accompany a person throughout his life. They also believed that spirits could be found in certain objects.