A system of belief or worship in which heroes are elevated to divine or semi-divine status.
Combines 'hero' with 'theism' (belief in divine beings, from Greek theos, god), suggesting a spiritual system where heroes occupy a space between mortal and divine.
Ancient Sparta essentially practiced herotheism—Spartans worshipped Achilles, Heracles, and Castor and Pollux as semi-divine figures, which shaped how they trained warriors and valued martial culture so intensely.
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