Theogony

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Theogony \The*og"o*ny\, n. [L. theogonia, Gr. ?; ? a god + the
     root of ? 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.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  theogony
       n : the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods