theogony / θiˈɒg ə ni /

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theogony 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural the·og·o·nies.

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

更多theogony例句

  1. Suidas mentions, that he composed a theogony; all which knowledge, we are assured, came from Egypt.
  2. Paying no attention to questions of cosmogony or theogony, the universe is accepted as an ultimate fact.
  3. In the Veda, then, we can study a theogony of which that of Hesiod is but the last chapter.
  4. We are told that when Buddhism came to Japan it made little headway until it adopted the Shinto deities into its theogony.
  5. The teaching of the priests evidently desired to grasp the connection of life, and attain to a theogony and a theory of creation.