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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats