sitiogonic

English

Etymology

From Greek σῖτος (sîtos, “food, grain”) + γόνος (gónos, “creation”).

Adjective

sitiogonic (comparative more sitiogonic, superlative most sitiogonic)

1. (mythology) Concerned with the mythological motif of the origins of foods, food sources, or food-related aspects of human culture.
   • 2005, Robert Campany, The Meanings of Cuisines of Transcendence in Late Classical and Early Medieval China, Brill, Leiden, 2005:
   • 1993, Anne Birrell, Chinese Mythology, Johns Hopkins, page 12:

     [Bruce] Lincoln ... coins the term sitiogonic to mean 'explaining the origin of food'

Related terms

• sitiology, sitology