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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...
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provided by Saxo
Grammaticus in his 12th century work
Gesta Danorum euhemerises Nanna as a
human female, the
daughter of King Gevar, and the love interest...
- his
mythology involving travels and
struggles on earth,
Bacchus became euhemerised as a
historical hero, conqueror, and
founder of cities. He was a patron...
- 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...
- by Pindar, as to one who conducts. Aidoneus, as used by
Plutarch in a
euhemerised version of the
story of Pirithous's
failed abduction of ****phone in...
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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...
- does not care much for jötunn women. The
prologue to the
Prose Edda
euhemerises Thor as a
prince of Troy, and the son of
Menon by Troana, a daughter...
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Helios who
named the
Icarian Sea
after Icarus. ****enistic
writers give
euhemerising variants in
which the
escape from
Crete was
actually by boat, provided...
- Heimskringla. In the
Ynglinga saga, the
first section of Heimskringla, an
euhemerised account of the
origin of the gods is provided. Odin is
introduced in...
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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...
