mythology
noun
my·thol·o·gy
mi-ˈthä-lə-jē 
plural mythologies
1
: an allegorical narrative
2
: a body of myths: such as
a
: the myths dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular people
b
: mythos sense 2
cold war mythology
3
: a branch of knowledge that deals with myth
4
: a popular belief or assumption that has grown up around someone or something : myth sense 2a
… defective mythologies that ignore masculine depth of feeling …—
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We have been studying ancient Greek mythology.
We compared the two cultures' mythologies.
There is a popular mythology that he discovered the cause of the disease by himself.
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Speaking to Vogue in New York last week, Sharpe was quick to complicate the mythology surrounding Mozart, focusing instead on the psychological cost of genius.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 11 May 2026
The great arc of stars in the constellation Corona Borealis represents the crown of Ariadne in Greek mythology, who, in some tellings, marries the god Dionysus following the defeat of the bull-like minotaur in the labyrinth below the Aegean island of Crete by the demigod Theseus.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 May 2026
Examples can be found in Greek and Hindu mythology as well as the Bible.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
But the specific French dispensation—the idea that a man’s erotic life exists outside the moral world of his other obligations, that the wife and the mistress are a civilized arrangement, that desire is sovereign—this mythology did not make the crossing with me, or did not survive it intact.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
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Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 11 May 2026
The great arc of stars in the constellation Corona Borealis represents the crown of Ariadne in Greek mythology, who, in some tellings, marries the god Dionysus following the defeat of the bull-like minotaur in the labyrinth below the Aegean island of Crete by the demigod Theseus.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 May 2026
Examples can be found in Greek and Hindu mythology as well as the Bible.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
But the specific French dispensation—the idea that a man’s erotic life exists outside the moral world of his other obligations, that the wife and the mistress are a civilized arrangement, that desire is sovereign—this mythology did not make the crossing with me, or did not survive it intact.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
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“Mythology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mythology. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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mythology
noun
my·thol·o·gy
mith-ˈäl-ə-jē
plural mythologies
1
: a collection of myths
especially
: the myths dealing with the gods and heroes of a particular people
Greek mythology
2
: a branch of knowledge that deals with myths
mythological
adjective
ˌmith-ə-ˈläj-i-kəl
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