momentary god

== English == === Etymology === Calque of German Augenblicksgott, coined by Hermann Usener in his Götternamen in 1896. === Noun === momentary god (plural momentary gods) A specific phenomenon, such as a lightning bolt, interpreted and experienced as a deity. === References === Kroll, W. (1916), “Momentary gods”, in James Hastings, editor, Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, volume 8, Charles Scribner’s Sons, pages 777–79