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Definition: THEOGONY |
THEOGONYNoun1. 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. |
Date "THEOGONY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
Etymology: Theogony \The*og"o*ny\, noun. [Latin expression theogonia, Greek; god the root of to be born. See Theism, and Genus.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Theology | Noun: theology (natural and revealed); theogony, theosophy; divinity; hagiology, hagiography; Caucasian mystery; monotheism; religion; religious persuasion, religious sect, religious denomination; creed; (belief); article of faith, declaration of faith, profession of faith, confession of faith. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Theogony is a poem by Hesiod describing the origins of the Gods of Greek Mythology.
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Crosswords: THEOGONY |
| English words defined with "THEOGONY": Theogonic, Theogonism, Theogonist. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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theogony | 15 |
hesiods theogony | 12 |
hesiod theogony | 3 |
summary theogony | 2 |
note theogony | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "THEOGONY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Bulgarian | поема за произхода на боговете. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | θεογονία. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | eogonythay teogonie. (various references) | ||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "THEOGONY" (pronounced 'The*og"o*ny'): Acrimony, Acrophony, AEgophony, Agony, Agrimony, Agrotechny, Alimony, Alleghany, Amphictyony, Amphigony, Ancony, Anemony, Angelophany, Antagony, Anthropogeny, Antimony, Antiphony, Archegony, Astrogeny, Astrogony, Atony, Autochthony, Autophony, Averpenny, Balcony, Barony, Baryphony, Betony, Binny, Blenny, Branny, Brimstony, Briony, Bronchophony, Bryony, Cacophony, Cacotechny, Calumny, Cassidony, Castellany, Catchpenny, Ceremony, Chalcedony, Chapellany, Chatellany, Christophany, Colophany, Colophony, Conny, Coparceny. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-n-o-o-t-y" | |
-2 letters: gentoo, gooney, oogeny. | |
-3 letters: gooey, goony, honey, hooey, hooty, thegn, thong, toney, toyon. | |
-4 letters: gent, gone, goon, hent, hone, hong, hoot, hyte, note, onto, then, they, tone, tong, tony, toon, toyo, tyne, yogh. | |
-5 letters: ego, eng, eon, eth, gen, get, gey, goo, got, goy, hen, het, hey, hoe, hog, hon, hot, hoy, net, nog. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-h-n-o-o-t-y" | |
+1 letter: ethnology. | |
+2 letters: heterogony, technology. | |
+3 letters: homogeneity. | |
+5 letters: biotechnology, helminthology, hydrogenation, inhomogeneity, phytopathogen. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 48 45 4F 47 4F 4E 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .... . --- --. --- -. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001000 01000101 01001111 01000111 01001111 01001110 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T H E O G O N Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0048 0045 004F 0047 004F 004E 0059 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5442394941494859 |
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