"theogony" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /θɪˈɒɡənɪ/ [UK], /θɪˈɑːɡənɪ/ [General-American] Forms: theogonies [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek θεογονία (theogonía). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|θεογονία}} Ancient Greek θεογονία (theogonía) Head templates: {{en-noun}} theogony (plural theogonies)
  1. (chiefly in ancient religion) The origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods. Wikipedia link: theogony Categories (topical): Mythology, Religion Derived forms: theogonic Related terms: cosmogony, heroogony Translations (origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods): θεογονία (theogonía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), թեոգոնիա (tʻeogonia) (Armenian), теого́ния (teogónija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), theogonie [feminine] (Dutch), teogonio (Esperanto), teogoonia (Estonian), jumalten synty (english: origination) (Finnish), jumalten syntykertomus (english: narrative) (Finnish), théogonie [feminine] (French), teogonía [feminine] (Galician), თეოგონია (teogonia) (Georgian), Theogonie [feminine] (German), θεογονία (theogonía) [feminine] (Greek), teogonia [feminine] (Italian), theogonia [feminine] (Latin), teogonija [feminine] (Latvian), teogonija [feminine] (Lithuanian), teogonia [feminine] (Occitan), teogonia [feminine] (Polish), teogonia [feminine] (Portuguese), teogonie [feminine] (Romanian), теого́ния (teogónija) [feminine] (Russian), teogonía [feminine] (Spanish), teogoni [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-theogony-en-noun--i9hWUch Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Russian terms with redundant script codes

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