Euhemerism

[ju:'hi:mәrizm]

Definition

(n.) The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts.

Checker: Lorenzo

Definition

n. the system which explains mythology as growing out of real history its deities as merely magnified men.—v.t. and v.i. Euhē′merise.—n. and adj. Euhē′merist.—adj. Euhemeris′tic.—adv. Euhemeris′tically.

Typist: Paul