Theogonic

However to treat these models as merely antiquated, or superstitious, or secretly theogonic, misses an essential point, which is not only their recurrence but also the modernity of their demand. ❋ Unknown (2008)

St. Thomas Aquinas crafted his great Summa Theologiae on a theogonic model drawn from the sixth-century Pseudo-Dionysius: that of the going forth from and return of all things to God. ❋ Mike L (2007)

[1809] The confusion incident to savage theogonic reflection is illustrated by Zulu attempts to explain Unkulunkulu ❋ Crawford Howell Toy (1877)

But the reason why I single out this hymn is not so much because it throws new light on the theogonic process, but because it may help to impart some reality to the vague conceptions which we form to ourselves of the ancient Vedic poets and their surroundings. ❋ Alexander Wilder (1861)

But this theogonic process is but one side of the ancient Vedic religion, and there are two other sides of at least the same importance and of even a deeper interest to us. ❋ Alexander Wilder (1861)

In all these myths there is a theogonic and cosmogonic element. ❋ Unknown (1852)

Without, then, attempting an investigation of the obscure prehistoric theogonic period, the general lines of growth of some of the principal divine personages may be followed (as far as the data permit) as examples of the way in which the great gods were gradually created. [ ❋ Crawford Howell Toy (1877)

As Müller observes, "The poets of the Veda indulged freely in theogonic speculations without being frightened by any contradictions. ❋ Unknown (1872)