momentary god

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名詞

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

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When a lightning bolt split the sky and vanished, the villagers bowed down before the momentary god.

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意味（1）

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

Concentrating his attention on the conception of lightning, Usener discovers a transition in the way lightning is conceived: initially experienced as an exclamation in response to a momentary god—Zeus originally meant he who thunders—[…]

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momentary gods （ 複数形 ）