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单词 theogony
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theogonyn.

/θiːˈɒɡəni/
Forms: Also 1700s–1800s irregular theogeny.
Etymology: < Greek θεογονία generation or birth of the gods < θεός god + -γονία a begetting. Compare French théogonie.
The generation of the gods; esp. an account or theory, or the belief or study, of the genealogy or birth of the deities of pagan mythology.
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1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion xi. Illustr. 183 I imagine many of their descents were iust as true as the Theogonie in Hesiod.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Theogonie, the beginning or generation of the gods.
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. ii. 87 There were many Cosmogonies and Theogonies current amongst the Pagans.
1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 253 Theogenies, and theories of the universe.
1867 F. M. Müller Chips from German Workshop I. iii. 72 In the Veda,..a theogony of which that of Hesiod is but the last chapter.
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