Associations to the word «Mythology»

Wiktionary

MYTHOLOGY, noun. (countable and uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.
MYTHOLOGY, noun. (countable and uncountable) A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution.
MYTHOLOGY, noun. (countable and uncountable) Pervasive elements of a fictional universe that resemble a mythological universe.
MYTHOLOGY, noun. (uncountable) The systematic collection and study of myths.

Dictionary definition

MYTHOLOGY, noun. Myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person.
MYTHOLOGY, noun. The study of myths.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates