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Definition of Godling
1. n. A diminutive god.
Definition of Godling
1. Noun. minor divinity, a local or inferior god ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Godling
1. a lesser god [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Godling
Literary usage of Godling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India by William Crooke (1896)
"118. Godani, rite, I. 132. Godiva, legend of, I. 68; II. 47. godling, identification
of, I. 100 ; local, I. 94 ; pure and impure, I. 4. ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"In such a divinity as the Greek Apollo, for instance, might be syncretized ¡i
beneficent godling of light, u ghost of some early member of a ..."
3. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1900)
"Everyone who knows his versatility, his strength, and his sound technique, regrets
that so able a worker should have fallen under godling influences ; and ..."
4. An Introduction to the Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India by William Crooke (1894)
"Among the more primitive Gonds the chain has become a godling, ... This habit of
emigration to escape the malignity of the offended godling no doubt ..."
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