mythology
n. collection of myths associated with a particular people or culture; collective group of stories about specific imaginary characters; study of myths and legends | ||||
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Mythology Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Mythology
(n.)
The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.
(n.)
A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks.
(n.)
The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.
(n.)
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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mythology
Noun
1. myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) classical mythology
(member-meronym) myth
(derivation) mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
(class) Annwfn, Annwn
2. the study of myths
(hypernym) social anthropology, cultural anthropology
(derivation) mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
Noun
1. myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) classical mythology
(member-meronym) myth
(derivation) mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
(class) Annwfn, Annwn
2. the study of myths
(hypernym) social anthropology, cultural anthropology
(derivation) mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
| The Devil's Dictionary |
MYTHOLOGY
Mythology, (n.)
The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
Mythology, (n.)
The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
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mythology
mythology
\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.
mythology
n
1. myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
2. the study of myths
similar words(1)
roman mythology
mythology
\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.
mythology
n
1. myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
2. the study of myths
similar words(1)
roman mythology
| for Vocabulary Exams of KPDS, YDS,UDS (in Turkey); and SAT in America |
mythology
The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes.
The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes.
Mythology Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Myth
Myth, Mythology [from Greek mythos a secret word, secret speech] An occult tale or mystic legend; the modern use varies from an allegorical story to pure fiction. Myths are after all ancient history and are built on facts or on a substratum of fact, as has proved true in the case of Troy and Crete. A symbolic record of archaic truths, universally prevalent among mankind, as in such stories as that of the Ark, which are almost universally discoverable and identical not in detail but in essential underlying features among the most widely sundered peoples. Myths contain the universal keys which can be applied to anything, and preserve undying and essential truths, so that variations of external form are unimportant. Such truths, being preserved in the racial memory of mankind, can always be kept essentially true to standard; and thus this means of handing-on can correct itself.
Early races of mankind were taught directly by their divine instructors; and in later times, when this mode of teaching was no longer available, the instructions were committed to the racial memory in the guise of allegories: this is the origin of the world's myths. The labors of Hercules, paralleled in the mythologies of some other lands, preserve an epitome of the history of evolution in twelve chapters; tales of heroes seeking to win damsels and having to slay dragons, preserve the drama of the soul in its quest for truth; and so on.
Myth, Mythology [from Greek mythos a secret word, secret speech] An occult tale or mystic legend; the modern use varies from an allegorical story to pure fiction. Myths are after all ancient history and are built on facts or on a substratum of fact, as has proved true in the case of Troy and Crete. A symbolic record of archaic truths, universally prevalent among mankind, as in such stories as that of the Ark, which are almost universally discoverable and identical not in detail but in essential underlying features among the most widely sundered peoples. Myths contain the universal keys which can be applied to anything, and preserve undying and essential truths, so that variations of external form are unimportant. Such truths, being preserved in the racial memory of mankind, can always be kept essentially true to standard; and thus this means of handing-on can correct itself.
Early races of mankind were taught directly by their divine instructors; and in later times, when this mode of teaching was no longer available, the instructions were committed to the racial memory in the guise of allegories: this is the origin of the world's myths. The labors of Hercules, paralleled in the mythologies of some other lands, preserve an epitome of the history of evolution in twelve chapters; tales of heroes seeking to win damsels and having to slay dragons, preserve the drama of the soul in its quest for truth; and so on.
Mythology Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Mythology
term for legends from ancient eras, remembering legendary events - of special interest in the renaissance
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term for legends from ancient eras, remembering legendary events - of special interest in the renaissance
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Mythology Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Mythology
The word mythology (from the Greek mythología, from mythologein to relate myths, from mythos, meaning a narrative, and logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and to explain the nature of the universe and humanity. In modern usage, "mythology" is either the body of myths from a particular culture or religion (as in Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology or Norse mythology) or the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interpretation of myths, also known as mythography.
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