war god
1
8.0
- noun
- Literature
:
dios de la guerra
- Cyrgon, however, is a war god, and he did command them to raise armies to confront the Atans, who are the strong arts of the empire.
- statue of the war god
Examples
-
The Common, however, was dominated by a colossal statue of the war god, easily visible from most parts of the city.
Fiction book (1990) -
Hence, Yahweh is constantly represented as a war god.
Blog text (29) -
The great war god, who had been slumbering fitfully in his underground dominion, was stirring into life, and soon, his awful hands would carve a path over the planet, bringing death and destruction to all that stood in his way.
Fiction book (1998) -
At the end of the boulevard, Hael found himself standing in the shadow of the war god's statue, which was merely the largest among many such monuments, some of them aged and weathered, others little more than fragments left by long-ago earthquakes.
Fiction book (1990) -
Hael walked to the base of the war god's statue and stood leaning on his spear, unconsciously adopting the stork stance, causing small children to giggle and point.
Fiction book (1990) -
The soldiers prayed to the war god for victory before the battle started.
-
In ancient cultures, the war god was often depicted wielding a sword and leading armies to triumph.
-
Many warriors believed that sacrificing to the war god would ensure their success in combat.
Synonyms
8
8.3
A god people believe controls war and gives victory to soldiers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'war god' is compositionally transparent: a B1 learner who knows 'war' and 'god' can infer it denotes a deity associated with or presiding over war or battle. This noun+noun building pattern (a god of/for war) is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English compounding, so the meaning is immediately derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
War god is a name from old beliefs for a powerful god who people thought led or protected them in war. Soldiers prayed to such a god for 'victory' or 'help in battle', so the term means a deity believed to give success in fighting.