Look up: mythology

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   mythology
   [n] - myths collectively 2. [n] - the study of myths
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   mythology
   Genre of traditional stories symbolically underlying a given culture. These stories describe gods and other supernatural beings with whom humans may have relationships, and are often intended to...
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   Mythology
   My·thol'o·gy noun ; plural Mythologies . [ French mythologie , Latin mythologia , Greek 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 mytholo ...
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   mythology
   Origin: F. Mythologie, L. Mythologia, Gr, fable, myth + speech, discourse. ... 1. <study> The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths. ... 2. A body of myths; especially, the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   mythology
   noun the study of myths
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   mythology
   noun myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
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   Mythology
   The word `mythology` refers to a body 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. `Mythology` also refers to the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interpretation of myths, also known as mythography.
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   Mythology
   • (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.
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   mythology
   mythology 1. That department of knowledge that deals with myths. 2. A group of myths that belong to a particular people or culture and tell about their ancestors, heroes, gods, and other supernatural beings and history. 3. The study of myths, or the branch of knowledge that deals with myths. Mythological Roman and Greek deities with related images.
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    mythology
    mythology [Greek,=the telling of stories], the entire body of myths in a given tradition, and the study of myths. Students of anthropology, folklore, and religion study myths in different ways, distinguishing them from various other forms of popular, often orally transmitted, literature. Much of tha...
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