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- noun The
interpretation ofmyths ashistorical events
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Named after Euhemeros, who believed that the ancient Greek gods were once mortal.
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Examples
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-- There was that spirit of euhemerization: of making ancient things conform to new Christian ideas.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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From this universal euhemerization, -- this loving preservation and careful cooking of the traditions by the Christian redactors of them, -- we get certain results.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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