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Euhemerism (/juːˈhiːmərɪzəm, -hɛm-/) is an
approach to the
interpretation of
mythology in
which mythological accounts are
presumed to have
originated from...
- story). His
powers and long
lifespan have led some to
conclude he was a
euhemerised sun or
storm god. The
various medieval legends about his
adventures in...
- and
leaves his
brothers Vili and Vé to rule over the city. When the
euhemerised Odin dies, the
account states that the
Swedes believed he had returned...
- that
curious blending of the
rationalised supernatural - that is , the
euhemerised or
minimised supernatural - with the
usual incidents of a hero's life...
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kings of the
Tuatha Dé Danann, most if not all of whom are
considered euhemerised deities.
After the
Milesian (Gaelic)
conquest the High
Kingship is contested...
- king of the otherworld, but the 9th-century
Sanas Cormaic identifies a
euhemerised Manannán as "a
famous merchant who
resided in, and gave name to, the...
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Gothic word by Jordanes, in the 6th
century CE work Getica, as a name for
euhemerised semi-divine
early Gothic rulers. The Old High
German is reconstructed...
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bountiful cow Glas Gaibhnenn. The god-folk of the
successive invasions are "
euhemerised", i.e.,
described as
having dwelt terrestrially and
ruling over Ireland...
- and
hostility to
pagan beliefs,
resulting in some of the gods
being euhemerised. Many of the
later sources may also have
formed parts of a propaganda...
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century AD, a
process began by which, in
certain traditions Hermes became euhemerised – that is,
interpreted as a historical,
mortal figure who had become...
