euhemerism

Etymology
From, ultimately from , from , an ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic who proposed most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which received supernatural characteristics only through retelling.

Noun

 * 1)  The belief that legends and mythology arise from exaggerated descriptions of historical people and events.

Translations

 * Arabic: يُوهَيْمِرِيَّة
 * Armenian:
 * Danish: euhemerisme
 * Esperanto: evemerismo, eŭhemerismo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek: ευημερισμός
 * Ido: euhemerismo
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: エウヘメリズム
 * Kyrgyz: евгемеризм
 * Latin: euhemerismus
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: euhemerisme
 * Nynorsk: euhemerisme
 * Polish: euhemeryzm
 * Portuguese: evemerismo
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: эвгемери́зм
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: еухемеризам
 * Roman: euhemerizam
 * Spanish: evemerismo
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: евгемери́зм

Etymology
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