- not the
first to
attempt to
rationalize mythology in
historical terms:
euhemeristic views are
found in
earlier writings including those of Sanchuniathon...
- in
Nordic mythology such as Valhöll, Iðavöllr and Hlidskjálf. In some
euhemeristic accounts,
Asgard is portra**** as
being a city in Asia or Troy, however...
- Athena. A long time ago,
fleeces were
considered very important.
Several euhemeristic attempts to
interpret the
Golden Fleece "realistically" as reflecting...
- who
ruled in the area of
Shechem and had a son
named Shechem. In his
euhemeristic account of the
Phoenician deities,
Sanchuniathon says that a certain...
-
religion based on such foundations.[citation needed] This
rationalizing euhemeristic slant and the
emphasis on Beirut, a city of
great importance in the late...
-
account of
Philo of
Byblos (c. 64–141 CE)
record of Sanchuniathon's
euhemeristic account of the
Phoenician deities, Elioun, whom he
calls Hypsistos 'the...
- this that
Talos and
Rhadamanthus introduced homo****uality to Crete. A
euhemeristic interpretation of
Talos is
provided –
along with many
others – in the...
-
skaldic god
Bragi and Ægir,
Snorri himself begins speaking of the
myths in
euhemeristic terms and
states that the
historical equivalent of Víðarr was the Trojan...
- Kothar-wa-Khasis.
While described as a
mortal by this
author due to his
euhemeristic views, he was
presumably originally also a
craftsman deity. In Phoenician...
-
Folklore Society.
David MacRitchie was a
prominent proponent of the
euhemeristic origin of fairies, a
theory traceable to the
early 19th
century that...
