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Mythology - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Mythology : (noun)
1: myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a
culture or institution or person
2: the study of myths
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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