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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...
- that
curious blending of the
rationalised supernatural - that is , the
euhemerised or
minimised supernatural - with the
usual incidents of a hero's life...
- 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...
- 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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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...
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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...
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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. In
continental West
Germanic languages...
- who was
Romanised as Bacchus. In Graeco-Roman culture,
Dionysus was
euhemerised as a
historical figure, a
heroic saviour, world-traveller and founder...
- his
mythology involving travels and
struggles on earth,
Bacchus became euhemerised as a
historical hero, conqueror, and
founder of cities. He was a patron...
- 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...
