Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Theogony

Theogony , noun

[Latin theogonia, Greek {not transcribed}; {not transcribed} a god + the root of {not transcribed} to be born. See Theism, and Genus.]

The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod.