Which Deities are not so Humanish?

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God Siva! In Tamil Nadu and must be in many other parts of India too (I haven't crossed South India in my life yet, so little unsure), God Siva is worshiped in the form of Linga. In Tamil Nadu, we call IT SIVA LINGAM.
Source: File:A depiction of Sivalingam with Peedam.JPG
I recently read about the concept behind this "linga" form, though I couldn't recollect the source.
In tamil,
uruvam = form full (having form). E.g. Man-like deities
aruvam = formless. E.g. Asariri, idol less, without any body  
aru-uruvam = somewhere between form and formless. "Linga/Lingam" comes in this category.
So the concept goes like this:
Ideally, if possible, we should conceive God as omnipotent, formless, quality less, etc. But because of our mental limitations (i.e. our inability to conceive the formless, quality less, inconceivable Paramatman / Brahman / Atman as god), we imagine God in the form of man-like deities. The "linga" form is supposed to denote the progress of human mind to conceive the formless. The "linga" worship is the next level of mental progress in spirituality. When we are mature enough to appreciate this half form full and half formless, we are in the right track and we are sure to get maturity of mind to conceive the inconceivable, omnipotent. Once we achieve that level of spiritual maturity, we don't need a form full deity to see God. We can see God everywhere.
It almost came as a shock to me hear that:

Dissolving Ganapathi after Vinayaka/Ganesha chathurthi and dissolving Kali/Durga after Durga puja are symbolic representations to convey that one must attain the maturity of mind that it (mind) doesn't need form full worship anymore.

Source: https://www.quora.com/Which-Deities-are-not-so-Humanish/answer/Balaji-Ramakrishnan-4

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