English Explanatory Dictionary

Velchanos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A god of the ancient Minoans, originally associated with vegetation but later conflated with Zeus.

Word forms

Velchanos Welchanos Gelchanos Elchanos

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ϝελχάνος (Welkhános). Possibly cognate with Chania on Crete. Also compare Veles, a Slavic god of nature and the underworld.

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