theogonies
- plural of theogony.
Example Sentences
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But the lying romantic, the bad poet, in fact, who tickles the vain and credulous mob with miracles and theogonies, expresses nothing.
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton
What signifies theogonies and their armies, theologies and their dogmas, since whichever side of the problem is man's choice, his God exists not?
From Seraphita by Balzac, Honoré de
Thus, then, Davy Jones's Locker became, by a mixture of theogonies, 'the ocean, the deep sea-bottom, the place to which the body was committed, and to which the souls of the wicked fled.'
From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Taylor, Benjamin
Belief in supreme deity underlies all the Eastern theogonies, which belief, however, was soon perverted or lost sight of.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations by Lord, John
With the gradual subsidence of these areas their culture would necessarily degenerate, although echoes of sublime theogonies and philosophies are still heard in the oral traditions and folklore of many Polynesian groups.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
