The Collaborative International Dictionary
Theogony \The*og"o*ny\, n. [L. theogonia, Gr. ?; ? a god + the root of ? to be born. See Theism, and Genus.] The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. (context chiefly in ancient religion English) The origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods.
WordNet
n. the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods
Wikipedia
The Theogony (, Theogonía, , i.e. "the genealogy or birth of the gods") is a poem by Hesiod (8th – 7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, composed c. 700 BC. It is written in the Epic dialect of Homeric Greek.
Usage examples of "theogony".
Selon mon systeme, auquel il faut reconnaitre cette candeur qui fait le charme des theogonies primitives, la terre formait un large cercle autour de ma maison.
I may, with better authority, use the same freedom to push further his hypothesis, and infer a divine generation or theogony from his principle of reason.
Count, to Madame Schreck, to the Fool and to the others I do not know but only see on the nights he plays the Tarot Game, hieratic figures like apparitions from a forgotten theogony who rise and fall at the random dictates of whim.
No part of India, not even the Panjab, is so crowded with historic spots, associated not only with the life and teaching of Buddha, and with the Hindu theogony, but also with the Muhammadan conquest.
Seven is the sacred number in all theogonies and all symbols, because it is composed of 3 and 4.
Societies and ancient theogonies have a common concealed doctrine, 729-l.
Homer, matters of speculation, of which the theogonies of Hesiod, Orpheus, Pherecydes, and others furnish proof.
Seven is the sacred number in all theogonies and all symbols, because it is composed of 3 and 4.
Whilst we were at supper, Apollo played on the harp, Silenus danced a cordax, and the Muses repeated Hesiod's Theogony, and the first Ode of Pindar.
We start out with Chaos, which is where all theogonies start, and which I like to think of as a sea of white noise--totally random broadband static.
We start out with Chaos, which is where all theogonies start, and which I like to think of as a sea of white noise—totally random broadband static.