euhemerism 1

rzeczownikdomena: myślenie
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Definicja

interpretation of myths as traditional accounts of historical persons and events.

  • 1.Thus, while Snorri's euhemerism follows the early Christian tradition, the effect is not simply to discredit the divinity of the gods of a religion on the wane, but also (on the model of Virgil's Aeneid) to hint that the 'divinisation' was done in order to legitimize more recent Scandinavian rulers.

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