euhemerist
/juˈhimərɪst/
noun
- A person who believes that myths and legends are based on real historical people or events, rather than being purely supernatural or fictional.
- The scholar was a well-known euhemerist who argued that the Greek gods were once human kings.
- As a euhemerist, she tried to find the historical truth behind ancient flood stories.
- Many early Christian writers were euhemerists, claiming pagan gods were just deified humans.
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