literal theonymy

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   The naming of a person with a divine name, such as the use of Jesus as a given name in…

   The naming of a person with a divine name, such as the use of Jesus as a given name in Mexico and Central America.

   • When H[ans] Meyersahm, in a dissertation of 1891, studied literal theonymy, the giving to humans of unadjusted divine names, he felt able to declare that the practice first emerged in the first century ad.
   • There are a few instances of mortals called Artemis or Hermes, but such literal theonymy is relatively rare, and mostly dates from the first century ad or later.
   • As is evident from Fig. 8, female theophoric names on Artemi- are quite uncommon and literal theonymy, where the personal name is same as the name of the deity, is extremely rare.

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