Definitions for: Mythology

[n] the study of myths
[n] myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person

Webster (1913) 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.

See Also: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, classical mythology, collection, cultural anthropology, myth, Norse mythology, social anthropology

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