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What does euhemerism mean?

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Noun
  1. A belief attributing the origins of the gods to the deification of heroes after their deaths.
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Deification and euhemerism are equally natural to the Chinese.
This euhemerism seems an exceedingly inadequate explanation of the origin of Zeus.
The euhemerism of this is hardly like the wonder-loving Jones.
In suggesting this view, we are not opening the door to euhemerism.
That form of rationalism called euhemerism, which explains every god into a mythical king or hero, became popular.
Euhemerism, as stated earlier, refers to the rationalization of myths, putting themes formerly imbued with mythological qualities into pragmatic contexts.

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