Meaning of MYTHOLOGY
| Pronunciation: | | mi'thâlujee
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- [n] the study of myths
- [n] myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
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| | See Also: | | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, classical mythology, collection, cultural anthropology, myth, Norse mythology, social anthropology | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \My*thol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Mythologies}. [F. mythologie,
L. mythologia, Gr. myqologi`a; my^qos, fable, myth + lo`gos
speech, discourse.]
1. The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.
2. A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe
the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the
Greeks.
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| | Related Terms: | | adventure story, allegory, ancient wisdom, apologue, archetypal myth, archetypal pattern, bedtime story, common law, custom, detective story, fable, fabliau, fairy lore, fairy tale, fairyism, fantasy, fiction, folk motif, folk story, folklore, folktale, gest, ghost story, horse opera, immemorial usage, legend, lore, love story, Marchen, Mishnah, mystery, mystery story, myth, mythical lore, mythicism, mythos, nursery tale, parable, racial memory, romance, science fiction, shocker, space fiction, space opera, Spiritus Mundi, stories, Sunna, suspense story, Talmud, thriller, tradition, traditionalism, traditionality, Western, Western story, Westerner, whodunit, work of fiction |
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