NE OF the most significant vistas of scholarship to open in the history of religions in recent decades is that concerning the High-God which has been developed by way of a critique of the theory of primordial monotheism (Urmonotheismus) offered by Wilhelm Schmidt upon the basis of the work of Andrew Lang.' A second vista, first brought to the attention of the scholarly world by the work of Friedrich and Zelenin, concerns the divine or semi-divine being, commonly known as the Master of Animals, who is primarily associated with hunting culture. Since hunting culture (in the broadest sense, including food-collection) may be taken to represent the primordial form through which the human spirit first found expression, it is only natural that there should be various attempts to relate the phenomenon of the Master of Animals to the HighGod. Such, indeed, is the purpose of this article, which is concerned to gather together historical material in behalf of phenomenological study leading, it is hoped, to understanding. Specifically, I wish to inquire into the relation of the Master of Animals to the religious symbolism of ultimacy.