#WordOfTheDay: (#CSI take note.😉)

Euhemerism

PRONUNCIATION:
(yoo-HEE-muh-riz-uhm, -HEM-)

MEANING:
noun: The idea that gods are based on historical heroes whose stories became exaggerated in retelling.

ETYMOLOGY:
After Euhemerus, a fourth-century BCE Greek writer, who proposed that the gods of mythology were based on real heroes whose accounts became exaggerated with time. Earliest documented use: 1846.

NOTES:
Look for the First Church of Stable Genius opening a place of worship near you.😂