A theonym (from Greek theos (Θεός), "god", attached to onoma (ὄνομα), "name") is the proper name of a deity.
Theonymy, the study of divine proper names, is a branch of onomastics (the study of the etymology, history, and use of proper names.); it helps develop an understanding of the function and societal views of particular gods and may help understand the origins of a society's language.[1]
Analysis of theonyms has been useful in understanding the connections of Indo-European languages, and possibly their religion. In all languages, the analysis of the possible etymological origin of a theonym can serve as basis for theories of its historical origin. Metaphysical and mystical meanings are also discerned in theonyms, as in Kabbalah. Theonyms can also appear as all or part of a name for a human, animal, plant, thing or place.[citation needed]
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A theonym (from Greek theos (Θεός), "god", attached to onoma (ὄνομα), "name") is the proper name of a deity. Theonymy, the study of divine proper names...
sermons against paganism. Additional, more numerous sources in which Slavic theonyms are preserved include names, proper names, place names, folk holidays,...
Abandinus was a theonym used to refer to a Celtic god or male spirit worshipped in Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire during the Romano-Celtic period. Abandinus...
many times in the same Anuvaka for invoking Rudra. The etymology of the theonym Rudra is uncertain. It is usually derived from the Proto-Indo-European...
B a possibility or probability, sometimes controversially, of being a theonym or an anthroponym, a toponym, etc.; Mycenaean Linear B sources are often...
people, it came to be applied to gods. Scholars previously associated the theonym with solar cults and with a variety of unrelated patron deities, but inscriptions...
feminine Esuvia), which may be related to the tribal name Esuvii and the theonym Esus. In Irish mythology, Aífe the daughter of Airdgeimm, sister of Scathach...
proposed a Pre-Greek origin. The word Erinys in the singular and as a theonym is first attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in Linear B, in the following...
In Manichaeism, Zarathustra is considered one of the four prophets of the faith, along with Buddha, Jesus and Mani. Mani believed that the teachings of...
inscription is found on the Thorsberg chape (200), probably containing the theonym Ullr. The typically Scandinavian runestones begin to show the transition...
High German as Balder, all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym *Balðraz ('hero' or 'prince'). During the 12th century, Danish accounts...
Gaut is an early Germanic name, from a Proto-Germanic gautaz, which represents a mythical ancestor or national god in the origin myth of the Geats. Gautaz...
counterpart Περσεφάττα (Persephatta), a variant of Περσεφόνη (Persephone). The theonyms have been traced back to the Indo-European *pers-é-bʰ(h₂)n̥t-ih₂ ("she...
Alexander Afanasyev, linked the theonym with the Czech dialectal (Moravian) stři "strong wind, air", and explained the theonym as "god of creaking, swishing"...
Delamarre, "it is not certain that there is an appellative behind this theonym; it is likely, given its presumed antiquity, that it is an unmotivated...
Pan-Slavic god Perun. His cult was destroyed in 1168. In Latin records, this theonym is notated as Suantouitus, Suantouith, Suantuitho, Szuentevit, Suantevit...
the Rozhanitsy and all the like.” In copies of Primary Chronicle, the theonym is written (in the genitive) as Simarĭgla (Laurentian Codex), Sěmarĭgla...
Pinyin Lǐ Bóyáng Posthumous Name Chinese 李聃 老聃 Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Dān Lǎo Dān Theonym Chinese 老君 Hanyu Pinyin Lǎojūn Literal meaning the Old Lord Japanese name...
Old High German Ing/Ingwi and Old English Ing are names that relate to a theonym which appears to have been the older name for the god Freyr. Proto-Germanic...
(Canaanite) way of pronouncing the Akkadian name Ea, associated to the Canaanite theonym Yahu, the Hebrew YHWH. Some scholars remain skeptical of the theory while...
usually translated as 'holy, sacred', see for example Vé), and deity names (theonyms). Deity names as first components of personal names are attested primarily...
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