euhemerization
nounEtymology
From euhemerize + -ation, ultimately from Latin Euhēmerus, from Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros), an ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic who proposed most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which received supernatural characteristics only through retelling.
Definitions
The fanciful invention of plausible historical figures and events as an attempt to…
The fanciful invention of plausible historical figures and events as an attempt to rationalize mythology and legends
- The euhemerization of Taoist myth by Confucian historians sometimes led to the appearance of figures such as "Lord Primordial Chaos" (渾沌氏) in the imperial genealogies.
Synonym of deification
Synonym of deification: the actual creation of mythology and legends from historical figures and events; (countable) an instance of this.
- Much of Chinese mythology appears to have been the result of euhemerization, the later deification of Neolithic tribal leaders and inventors incompletely remembered through oral traditions and now-lost records.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for euhemerization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA