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Definition of Euhemeristic
1. a. Of or pertaining to euhemerism.
Definition of Euhemeristic
1. Adjective. of or relating to euhemerism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Euhemeristic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Euhemeristic
Literary usage of Euhemeristic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"In this evidence, when sifted and examined and cleared of its euhemeristic twist,
one finds a Rabelaisian element, a Gargantuan smack, one finds " the Folk ..."
2. The Classical Mythology of Milton's English Poems by Charles Grosvenor Osgood (1900)
"He is also generally represented by later euhemeristic writers as a king who,
... Mythologie, especially the section on euhemeristic interpretation. ..."
3. Manual of antenatal pathology and hygiene by John William Ballantyne (1904)
"This view may be called euhemeristic, and for the following reason. ... On this
euhemeristic hypothesis it is easy to account for the teratological ..."
4. The Evolution of the Idea of God: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Religion by Grant Allen (1908)
"... rationalising guesses as primitive, and the real old tradition of the slaughtered
virgin as a myth of explanation of " the later euhemeristic Syrians. ..."
5. The Making of Religion by Andrew Lang (1909)
"The euhemeristic theory that he was a ghost of a dead man is absurd. But as we
are now among polytheists it may be argued that, given a crowd of gods on the ..."
6. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the edited by Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar (1920)
"Saxo-Grammaticus gives an euhemeristic outline of the mythology, ie, ...
The euhemeristic interpretation of Teutonic myths was superseded by the physical ..."
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