单词 | star god |
释义 | > as lemmasstar god star god n. a star or planet worshipped as a god; (also) a god associated with a particular star or planet. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > specific thing as > star as star goda1620 a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. xi. 325 Which sentence of his, cannot bee vnderstood, of the fore-named Star-Gods. 1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) III. iv. iv. 218 The method, used by the Egyptians,..of supporting brute-worship,..made the same writers think it to be originally symbolical of star-Gods. 1850 R. W. Mackay Progress of Intellect I. iii. 123 He [sc. the prophet Amos] declares that these external ceremonies were..offered..to Moloch, or to a star god equivalent to Saturn. 1905 E. A. T. W. Budge Egypt. Heaven & Hell II. 263 Three bearded beings, the ‘Star-gods’. 2005 T. Harpur Pagan Christ iii. vi. 94 The minor deity Anup, though distinguished, was only a star god. < as lemmas |
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