mythology
English
/mɪˈθɒlədʒi/, /mɪˈθɑlədʒi/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.
- (countable) A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution.
- (countable) Pervasive elements of a fictional universe that resemble a mythological universe.
- (uncountable) The systematic collection and study of myths.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French mythologie derived from Latin mythologia derived from Ancient Greek μυθολογία (legend).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μυθολογία
Gloss
legend
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- demythologize English
- geomythology English
- mythologian English
- mythologizable English
- mythologization English
- mythologize English
- mythologizer English
- neuromythology English
- pseudomythology English
- remythologize English
- xenomythology English
- mythologia Latin
- mythologie Dutch, Flemish
- мифоло́гия Russian
- μυθολογέω Ancient Greek
- μυθολογία Ancient Greek
- mytologi Norwegian Bokmål
- mitologia Portuguese
- mytologi Norwegian Nynorsk
- mitologia Catalan, Valencian
- μυθολογία Greek (modern)
- mythologie Middle French
- מיתולוגיה Hebrew (modern)
- mitolojiya Ladino