Definition of Theonym. Meaning of Theonym. Synonyms of Theonym

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- A theonym (from Gr**** theos (Θεός), "god", attached to onoma (ὄνομα), "name") is the proper name of a deity. Theonymy, the study of divine proper names...
- In ancient Gr**** religion and myth, Eukarpia ("well-fruited" or "She of the rich harvest") was a divine personification of fertility, or an epithet or...
- Abandinus was a theonym used to refer to a Celtic god or male spirit worshipped in Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire during the Romano-Celtic period. Abandinus...
- sermons against paganism. Additional, more numerous sources in which Slavic theonyms are preserved include names, proper names, place names, folk holidays,...
- many times in the same Anuvaka for invoking Rudra. The etymology of the theonym Rudra is uncertain. It is usually derived from the Proto-Indo-European...
- Proto-Celtic paganism was the beliefs of the speakers of Proto-Celtic and includes topics such as the mythology, legendry, folk tales, and folk beliefs...
- Gaut is an early Germanic name, from a Proto-Germanic gautaz, which represents a mythical ancestor or national god in the origin myth of the Geats. Gautaz...
- B a possibility or probability, sometimes controversially, of being a theonym or an anthroponym, a toponym, etc.; Mycenaean Linear B sources are often...
- feminine Esuvia), which may be related to the tribal name Esuvii and the theonym Esus. In Irish mythology, Aífe the daughter of Airdgeimm, sister of Scathach...
- pledges.[citation needed] The place-name Sanguineto is related to the theonym, through the proper name Sanquinius.: 16 : 215  Sancus derives from a...