theogony

American  

[thee-og-uh-nee] / θiˈɒg ə ni /

noun

• theogonies
  plural

1. the origin of the gods.

2. an account of this; a genealogical account of the gods.

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theogony British  

/ θɪˈɒɡənɪ /

noun

1. the origin and descent of the gods

2. an account of this, often recited in epic poetry

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• theogonist
  noun
• theogonic
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• theogonies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of theogony

From the Greek word theogonía, dating back to 1605–15. See theo-, -gony

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Example Sentences

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theogony theogonies

He came up with a corker: a theogony that transformed the Mexica into keepers of the cosmic order.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Plato and his followers in the groves of Academia practised the same mode of teaching religion, especially theogony.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook

What was more natural than his making the sun the greatest god in his system of theogony?

From Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire by James Weir

The Kikuyu have a very elaborate system of theogony, in which all of the phenomena of nature with which they are acquainted are deified.

From Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire by James Weir

The well-known variations of their theogony are not merely similar legends of different localities, they are more frequently the successive improvements of one place.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper

The unity and spirituality of God swept away all theogonies and theologies of the first four thousand years.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll

Of what consequence are theogonies and their armies, theologies and their dogmas, when, whichever alternative man chooses in answer to the problem, his God is no more?

From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Honor? de Balzac

Yet, again, the early Phœnician and the early Greek theogonies, as recorded by Sanchoniathon and by Hesiod, ascribe the vivifying of mankind to the outpoured blood of the gods.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook

The great theogonies of the East came from this people.

From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord

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 Benjamin Taylor

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