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Definition of Mythology
1. Noun. Myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person.
Member holonyms: Myth
Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection
Specialized synonyms: Classical Mythology, Norse Mythology
Derivative terms: Mythologic, Mythological, Mythologist, Mythologize
2. Noun. The study of myths.
Derivative terms: Mythologist, Mythologize
Definition of Mythology
1. n. The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.
Definition of Mythology
1. Noun. (countable and uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes. ¹
2. Noun. (countable and uncountable) A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution. ¹
3. Noun. (countable and uncountable) Pervasive elements of a fictional universe that resemble a mythological universe. ¹
4. Noun. The systematic collection and study of myths. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mythology
1. [n -GIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mythology
Literary usage of Mythology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Miscellaneous Writings of John Fiske: With Many Portraits of Illustrious ...by John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"Constitutes v. 5 of: The miscellaneous writings of John Fiske : with many portraits of illustrious philosophers, scientists, and other men of note."
2. The History of Magic by Joseph Ennemoser, William Howitt, Mary Botham Howitt (1854)
"ON MAGIC IN mythology. As we now have made ourselves acquainted with a number of
the historical facts regarding magic amongst the Greeks and Romans, ..."
3. Orpheus: A General History of Religions by Salomon Reinach (1909)
"The future of religions : the necessity of studying their history.. THE terms
religion and mythology are often confounded in common parlance. ..."
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