theogony

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/θiˈɒɡəni/ (UK)
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/θiˈɒɡəni/ (UK) · /θiˈɑːɡəni/

Definition of theogony

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods.
    “Near-synonym: apotheosis”
    “This Phoenician history includes the cosmogony and theogony of the Phoenicians. In the theogony, Ourianos (Sky) has four children by his wife-sister Gē (Earth): Ēlos (interpreted as Kronos), Baitlos, Dagōn (Sitōn), and Atlas.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θεογονία (theogonía). By surface analysis, theo- + -gony.

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