- and are
rejected by most scholars.
Author Richard Carrier defines "
euhemerization" as "the
taking of a
cosmic god and
placing him at a
definite point...
-
century from
earlier traditional sources, and the
Prose Edda and (in
euhemerized form) Heimskringla; both
written in the 13th
century by
Snorri Sturluson...
-
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...
-
Latin Jupiter as Zeus
Belos or
Jupiter Belus, in
other cases Belus is
euhemerized as an
ancient king who
founded Babylon and
built the ziggurat. He is...
-
seemingly a
personification of snow,
appearing in
extant text as an
euhemerized legendary Scandinavian king. In the
Orkneyinga saga, Snow the Old (Snærr...
- 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...
- In
euhemerized accounts, the
Tuatha Dé
Danann were
descended from Nemed,
leader of a
previous wave of
inhabitants of Ireland. In non-
euhemerized accounts...
- the
Prose Edda book Gyl****inning,
where it is
described partially in
euhemerized form. In the chapter, King
Gylfi sets out to
Asgard in the
guise of an...
-
written or
compiled in the 13th
century by
Snorri Sturluson; and in
euhemerized form in the
Ynglinga saga from Heimskringla, also
often considered to...
-
Poetic Edda. The
Prose Edda
consists of four sections: The Prologue, a
euhemerized account of the
Norse gods; Gyl****inning,
which provides a
question and...
