theogony

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θεογονία (theogonía).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /θɪˈɒɡənɪ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /θɪˈɑːɡənɪ/

Noun

theogony (plural theogonies)

(chiefly in ancient religion) The origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods.
- 1939, J. Philip Hyatt, “The Deity Bethel and the Old Testament”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 59, number 1, page 86:
  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.

Derived terms

theogonic

Related terms

Translations

origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods

Armenian: թեոգոնիա (hy) (tʿeogonia)
Bulgarian: теого́ния f (teogónija)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: theogonie (nl) f
Esperanto: teogonio
Estonian: teogoonia
Finnish: jumalten synty (origination), jumalten syntykertomus (narrative)
French: théogonie (fr) f
Galician: teogonía (gl) f
Georgian: თეოგონია (teogonia)
German: Theogonie (de) f
Greek: θεογονία (el) f (theogonía)
Ancient: θεογονία f (theogonía)
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Italian: teogonia (it) f
Latin: theogonia f
Latvian: teogonija f
Lithuanian: teogonija f
Occitan: teogonia f
Polish: teogonia (pl) f
Portuguese: teogonia (pt) f
Romanian: teogonie (ro) f
Russian: теого́ния (ru) f (teogónija)
Spanish: teogonía (es) f
Swedish: teogoni (sv) c

References

“theogony”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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