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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_118858" /> == | |||
<p> The theory that the gods of antiquity are merely deified men, so called from Euhemeros, the | <p> (n.) The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72889" /> == | |||
<p> The theory that the gods of antiquity are merely deified men, so called from Euhemeros, the Greek who first propounded the theory, and who lived 316 B.C. </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_118858"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/euhemerism Euhemerism from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_72889"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/euhemerism Euhemerism from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_72889"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/euhemerism Euhemerism from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:19, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The theory that the gods of antiquity are merely deified men, so called from Euhemeros, the Greek who first propounded the theory, and who lived 316 B.C.
