ALL meanings of euhemerism
- noun euhemerism the theory that gods arose out of the deification of historical heroes 0
- noun euhemerism any interpretation of myths that derives the gods from outstanding men and seeks the source of mythology in history 0
- noun euhemerism the theory of the Greek writer Euhemerus (4th cent. b.c.) that the gods of mythology were deified human beings; theory that myths are based on traditional accounts of real people and events 0