euhemerize
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of euhemerize
First recorded in 1840–50; Euhemer(us) + -ize
Example Sentences
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The story of the "Children preserved" is not very clearly told, and Saxo seems to have euhemerized.
From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus
Thus the whole past comes down euhemerized, cooked, and touched up.
From 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 by Morris, Kenneth
The legend of Manco Capac, which is still current amongst the people, has been euhemerized.
From Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru by R?ville, Albert
The legend of Quetzalcoatl, as the Aztecs transmitted it to the Spaniards, is a motley concatenation of euhemerized myths.
From Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru by R?ville, Albert
On the anthropinizing or the distinctly euhemerizing treatment of these two personages see Rhys, Celtic Folklore, Index, s.vv.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris
If Greece had not stepped in, myth-making and euhemerizing, who would have saved the day at Lake Regillus?
From 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 by Morris, Kenneth
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