10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EUHEMERISTICALLY»
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Traditions and Innovations: Essays on British Literature of ...
As early as the fourth century B.c. when Plato was explaining the myth
euhemeristically. Xenophon quite to the contrary explained it as a moral allegory
of the ascendancy of the mind over the body. Deriving the name from yawaQai ("
to enjoy") ...
David G. Allen, Robert A. White, 1990
2
Vestiges of the Spirit-history of Man
Jupiter was euhemeristically called a mortal king of Crete.--Jupiter Minos or
Jupiter Ammon ! Pp. 152, 55, 146, 290, 138, 186, 195. Ouranos and Gé as Man-
woman.—-Movers, 147. Uranos formerly named 'Ericmos (Adam) separated from
his ...
Samuel Fales Dunlap, 1858
3
Medieval Mythography: From Roman North Africa to the School ...
But the higher levels involve misterium (for Pseustis) and allegoria (for Alithia),
the former representing classical fabula euhemeristically, and the latter
essentially interpreting the Old Testament typologically, that is, as a prefiguration
of the New ...
Even as the gods were treated euhemeristically, as men and heroes, so the
stories told about them could be rationalised and transferred to real warriors.
Arthur's preeminent position as the saviour of his people in the time of sore need,
their ...
William Henry Schofield, 1950
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri : Volume 1: Inferno: ...
... merely fraudulent exploitations of superstition, as the “game of magic frauds,”
lacking any supernatural aspect. Amphiaraus, Manto, Arruns, and Eurypylus are
easily accounted for in this view: we are to regard them euhemeristically—-that is,
...
However Heraclides Ponticus or Ptolemy or other minds of the Hellenic age “
rationalized” myth euhemeristically, that is seriously, passionately, struggling with
mental survivals in themselves and those around them; myth for them was ...
7
Sōd: The Son of the Man
The TEN" PATRIARCHATES or " LIVES" (" AiOns," Ages) are the Ten Primal
Aeons or " Ma- nus" euhemeristically set out by the author of Genesis. The
Babylonian SARS8 were Ages or Times. Gnostics (heathen-Christiana) existed
already ...
Samuel Fales Dunlap, 1861
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Imagining the Pagan Past: Gods and Goddesses in Literature ...
Thus religion was born euhemeristically, and with it rituals designed to honour
and resurrect the god in seasonal festivals — we are back with Frazer again.55
But Elliot Smith saw the development of religion as damaging to human
happiness.
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Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry
Over the centuries Christianity treated the myths in four ways: in the orthodox
view the gods were demons; euhemeristically they were early kings or
benefactors, and found their place in Christian chronologies; physically, they
were the planets ...
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The Measure of Times Past: Pre-Newtonian Chronologies and ...
Where Newton had euhemeristically considered gods and mythical figures to be
based on historical individuals, Vico countered that myths expressed human
consciousness at a particular stage of development and revealed deep truths of
the ...
