- most scholars.[excessive citations]
Author Richard Carrier defines "
euhemerization" as "the
taking of a
cosmic god and
placing him at a
definite point...
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lands became Christianised,
there were
attempts by
Christian writers to
euhemerize or even
demonize most of the pre-Christian deities,
while a few others...
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written in the 13th
century by
Snorri Sturluson of Iceland, and in
euhemerized form as one of the Æsir in Heimskringla, also
written by
Snorri Sturluson...
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century from
earlier traditional sources, and the
Prose Edda and (in
euhemerized form) Heimskringla; both
written in the 13th
century by
Snorri Sturluson...
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Eddic poetry is
relatively unadorned. The
Prose Edda
features layers of
euhemerization, a
process in
which deities and
supernatural beings are
presented as...
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seemingly a
personification of snow,
appearing in
extant text as an
euhemerized legendary Scandinavian king. In the
Orkneyinga saga, Snow the Old (Snærr...
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times exhibit a dual tradition: one that
presents a more
historicized or
euhemerized interpretation, and
another that
offers a more
mythological perspective...
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accounts by Saxo
Grammaticus and
other Danish Latin chroniclers recorded a
euhemerized account of his story.
Compiled in
Iceland during the 13th century, but...
- Edda and
Prose Edda
attest that it is
owned by the god Freyr,
while the
euhemerized account in
Heimskringla attributes it to the
magic of Odin. Both Heimskringla...
- the
Prose Edda,
written in the 13th
century by
Snorri Sturluson, in
euhemerized form as a
beloved mythological early king of
Sweden in Heimskringla,...
