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 | |
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| | Definition: | | Mythology
From Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to the Norse god Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom, a treasury of Western mythology offers the key dramas, primary characters, triumphs, failures, fears, and hopes told thousands of years ago. Reprint. NYT. more details ... |
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| 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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