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He is giving his own euhemeristic guess as if it were matter of fact, and this is a common custom with even the more intelligent of the early missionaries.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

Woden's wooing is the best part of this story, half spoilt, however, by euhemeristic tone and lack of epic dignity.

From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus

The work by Philo of Byblos is a euhemeristic interpretation of an alleged Phœnician cosmogony, and a composition of little merit.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz

The euhemeristic explanation of the struggle with the triple monster was that Heracles fought three brothers in succession.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various

But these euhemeristic explanations are common in the Far East and the real origin of the Bodhisattvas may be quite different.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir