In regard to the Thracian god Zalmosis, the Hellespontic Greeks interpreted his character and attributes according to the scheme of Euemerism.
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Euhemerism
//juˈhiməˌɹɪzəm//
Synonyms for "euhemerism" (18 found)
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24 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- يُوهَيْمِرِيَّة noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Armenian
1 entries- էվգեմերիզմ noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Danish
1 entries- euhemerisme noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Esperanto
2 entries- evemerismo noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
- eŭhemerismo noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Finnish
1 entries- euhemerismi noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
French
1 entries- évhémérisme noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Greek
1 entries- ευημερισμός noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Ido
1 entries- euhemerismo noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Italian
1 entries- evemerismo noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Japanese
1 entries- エウヘメリズム noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- евгемеризм noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Latin
1 entries- euhemerismus noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- euhemerisme noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- euhemerisme noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Polish
1 entries- euhemeryzm noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Portuguese
1 entries- evemerismo noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Romanian
1 entries- euhemerism noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Russian
1 entries- эвгемери́зм noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- euhemerizam noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
- еухемеризам noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Spanish
1 entries- evemerismo noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Swedish
1 entries- euhemerism noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Ukrainian
1 entries- евгемери́зм noun (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends)
Sample sentences
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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 a halo of romance and remoteness had gathered.
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Already before euhemerism saved them by embalming them, [...] they had become in their very being the enlarged shadows of great men and warriors upon the walls of the world.
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