Allfather

English Proper noun en All-Father. en 1878 A Popular History of Germany Wilhelm Zimmermann 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 en All-Father. en 1882 The International Review - Volume 12 John Torrey Morse (Jr.); Henry Cabot Lodge; Robert Percival Porter 574 We shall keep our God, but he will be an Allfather, and not an all-but-All-tormentor. en 1907 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London 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. en 1985 Anthropological Glossary Roger Pearson 7 The Indo-European belief in an 'Allfather' may have inspired the Christian concept of 'Our Father in Heaven'. Anagrams en aaefhllrt earthfall en Divine epithets Norse mythology