euhemerization
Pronunciation: /juˌhiməɹɪzˈeɪʃən/
The English word “euhemerization” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- The fanciful invention of plausible historical figures and events as an attempt to rationalize mythology and legends
- an instance of this
- Synonym of deification: the actual creation of mythology and legends from historical figures and events; (countable) an instance of this.
Etymology
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.
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