zootheism 的詞源

「將神性歸於動物；動物形態作為崇拜對象」，1879年（約翰·威斯利·鮑威爾）；參見 zoo- + -theism。相關詞：Zootheistic。

In Norse mythology, we have Fenris the wolf, and Jormungandur the serpent. Dragons appear in Greek mythology, the bull is an Egyptian god, a serpent is found in the Zendavesta; and was there not a scaly fellow in the garden of Eden? So common are these beast-demons in the higher mythologies that they are used in every literature as a rhetorical figure. [Powell, "Mythologic Philosophy," Popular Science, October 1879]

在北歐神話中，我們有芬里斯狼和約爾蒙岡德蛇。在希臘神話中出現的龍，在埃及神話中是公牛神，在《贖罪經》中有蛇；難道在伊甸園裡沒有一個鱗片狀的家伙嗎？這些獸類魔鬼在更高級的神話中如此普遍，以至於它們在每種文學中都被用作修辭手法。[鮑威爾，《神話哲學》，《科學雜誌》，1879年10月]