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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
THEOG'ONY, n. [Gr. God, and to be born.] In mythology, the generation of the gods; or that branch of heathen theology which taught the genealogy of their deities. Hesiod composed a poem concerning that theogony, or the creation of the world and the descent of the gods.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
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1: the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods
Merriam Webster's
noun (plural -nies) Etymology: Greek theogonia, from the- + -gonia -gony Date: 1612 an account of the origin and descent of the gods • theogonic adjective
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. (pl. -ies) 1 the genealogy of the gods. 2 an account of this. Etymology: THEO- + Gk -gonia begetting
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Theogony The*og"o*ny, n. [L. theogonia, Gr. ?; ? a god + the root of ? to be born. See Theism, and Genus.] 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.
