📚 noun • entry_id 53228
euhemerism
/juˈhiməˌɹɪzəm/
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evemerismo
The belief that legends and mythology arise from exaggerated descriptions of historical people and events.
In regard to the Thracian god Zalmosis, the Hellespontic Greeks interpreted his character and attributes according to the scheme of Euemerism.
Then again there was a period of what is sometimes called Euhemerism - the theory that the gods and goddesses had actually once been men and women, historical characters round whom…
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