allfather
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2ALLFATHER + NOUN
father
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name
Alternative form of All-Father.
Allfather, the father of gods and men, the one God, is the one who, like the Hellenic Zeus, orders destiny according to his everlasting laws.
noun
Alternative form of All-Father.
We shall keep our God, but he will be an Allfather, and not an all-but-All-tormentor.
The suggestion of a belief in an Allfather has however been challenged with much force by Mr. Hartland,” but has been adopted by Mrs. Parker in her work on the Euahlayi tribe.
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4Allfather, the father of gods and men, the one God, is the one who, like the Hellenic Zeus, orders destiny according to his everlasting laws.
WiktionaryWe shall keep our God, but he will be an Allfather, and not an all-but-All-tormentor.
WiktionaryThe suggestion of a belief in an Allfather has however been challenged with much force by Mr. Hartland,” but has been adopted by Mrs. Parker in her work on the Euahlayi tribe.
WiktionaryThe Indo-European belief in an 'Allfather' may have inspired the Christian concept of 'Our Father in Heaven'.
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