141; their theogony was a cosmogony, 142; the theologians of Greece, 274, 275. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles] Reference
Chinese, exhibits itself among the Egyptians in a more developed form as theogony. From Wordnik.com. [A Comparative View of Religions] Reference
Courting Tory disapproval, she has connected her afterlife with the theogony of the skeptic poets. From Wordnik.com. [Hemans, Heber, and _Superstition and Revelation_] Reference
But since, next to Homer, Hesiod wrote his Works and Days, who will believe his drivelling theogony?. From Wordnik.com. [ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus] Reference
He had an imperfect knowledge of the Catholic worship, distorted and intermixed with the wild theogony of the red man. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
Oriental theogony, a whole cluster of faces, crowded together but on different surfaces so that one does not see them all at once. From Wordnik.com. [Within a Budding Grove] Reference
Each divine figure that arises is connected with a part of the physical universe, so his theogony is also a cosmogony (an account of the generation of the world). From Wordnik.com. [Presocratic Philosophy] Reference
The Phœnicians had been long a powerful people, having a theogony of their own, before the Hebrews became possessed of a few cantons of land near their territory. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Hesiod they stand in a connected scheme or theogony. From Wordnik.com. [Outline of Universal History] Reference
Behold, then, the theogony of ancient times brought back upon us. From Wordnik.com. [Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion] Reference
Nothing could be more material, indeed, than the ancient theogony. From Wordnik.com. [Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations] Reference
Besides these systems, we have, moreover, the poetical theogony of old. From Wordnik.com. [Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete] Reference
There is no theogony, no regular subordination of one deity to another. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology] Reference
In the very indistinctness of their theogony a sublime truth is implied. From Wordnik.com. [A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers] Reference
In the Orphic theogony we find, for the first time, the idea of creation. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities] Reference
With the Phoenician sages the cosmogony was their theogony and 'vice versa'. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Remains, Volume 2] Reference
For every ancient theogony, cosmogony, or ontogony is of one kind or the other. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology] Reference
In the judgment of Herodotus it was Homer and Hesiod who settled the theogony of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
In the Veda, then, we can study a theogony of which that of Hesiod is but the last chapter. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion] Reference
That is, vast learning is augmented by a structure of words, and on this is built a theogony. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers] Reference
These, says he, were the persons who first framed the theogony of the Greeks; and gave appellations to their. From Wordnik.com. [A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.] Reference
Grote describes the different races of men as they appear in the Hesiodic theogony — the offspring of gods. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient States and Empires] Reference
It is not my intention to attempt a discussion of the theogony of the deities nor the cosmogony of the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Smoky God, or: A Voyage to the Inner World] Reference
For a knowledge of their theogony we are indebted to M. Siberg, governor of the Dutch settlements on the coast of. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants] Reference
We are told that when Buddhism came to Japan it made little headway until it adopted the Shinto deities into its theogony. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic] Reference
It turns out, however, that they were only second cousins; or so at least we interpret the following precious piece of theogony. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Reviews] Reference
The Kikuyu have a very elaborate system of theogony, in which all of the phenomena of nature with which they are acquainted are deified. From Wordnik.com. [Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire] Reference
Martin saw the earth as in an apocalyptic swoon, its forms distorted, its meanings inverted; a mad world, the world of an older theogony. From Wordnik.com. [Promenades of an Impressionist] Reference
According to Maspero, Sayce, Champollion, and other Egyptologists, the ancient Egyptians probably had a natural theogony long before they arrived at any idea of a double. From Wordnik.com. [Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire] Reference
A discussion of the theogony of the deities nor the cosmogony of the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Smoky God, or: A Voyage to the Inner World] Reference
"Of the confusion which obtains in the Mahar theogony the names of six of their gods will afford a striking example. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala] Reference
A theogony for the Greeks, and gave names to the gods, and assigned to them honors and arts, and declared their several forms. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology] Reference
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