mythology
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mythology/mɪˈθɒləʤi/
▶noun (pl. mythologies)
- 1 a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.
- 2 a set of widely held but exaggerated or fictitious stories or beliefs.
- 3 the study of myths.
– derivatives
mythologer noun,
mythologist noun,
mythologize (or mythologise) verb,
mythologizer (or mythologiser) noun.
mythologer noun,
mythologist noun,
mythologize (or mythologise) verb,
mythologizer (or mythologiser) noun.
– origin ME: from Fr. mythologie, or via late L. from Gk muthologia, from muthos ‘myth’ + -logia (see -logy).
'mythology' also found in these Oxford entries:
-ad
- Adonis
- aegis
- aeolian
- afreet
- agave
- alcheringa
- ambrosia
- andromeda
- Apollonian
- asura
- Cassandra
- catamite
- centaur
- chimera
- cliometrics
- colchicum
- Cyclops
- daphne
- Dionysiac
- dryad
- earth mother
- Electra complex
- Elysian
- Erinys
- erl-king
- Eros
- Eumenides
- fate
- faun
- firedrake
- fury
- giant
- gigantomachy
- gorgon
- grace
- Hades
- hamadryad
- harpy
- hero
- heroine
- Hesperian
- hydra
- hyperborean
- ichor
- jinn
- Jovian
- kachina
- kobold
- labyrinth
