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Definition of Euhemeristic

Euhemeristic
Euhemeristic Eu*hem`er*is"tic, a. Of or pertaining to euhemerism.

Meaning of Euhemeristic from wikipedia

- not the first to attempt to rationalize mythology in historical terms: euhemeristic views are found in earlier writings including those of Sanchuniathon...
- perceived significance likely p****ed through numerous developments. 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...
- Gyl****inning, Snorri locates in the centre of Asgard. The Prose Edda's euhemeristic prologue portrays the Æsir gods as people that travelled from the East...
- 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...
- 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...
- religion based on such foundations.[citation needed] This rationalizing euhemeristic slant and the emphasis on Beirut, a city of great importance in the late...
- identified in the Phoenician History of Philo of Byblos, a ****enistic euhemeristic work combining Phoenician and Greco-Roman elements. One of the figures...
- other proposals include that this should be seen as stemming from a euhemeristic angle, with the Æsir being descended from Trojans, as they are depicted...
- intertextual networks perhaps simply impossible." Loprieno notes that the euhemeristic theory is often successfully emplo**** in the analysis of ancient Egyptian...