English Explanatory Dictionary

momentary god

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A specific phenomenon, such as a lightning bolt, interpreted and experienced as a deity.

Word forms

momentary god momentary gods

Etymology

Calque of German Augenblicksgott, coined by Hermann Usener in his Götternamen in 1896.

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