Definition of mythology
mythologies
1 : an allegorical narrative
2 : a body of myths: such asa : the myths dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular peopleb : mythos 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 2a defective mythologies that ignore masculine depth of feeling — Robert Bly
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Examples of mythology in a Sentence
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.
Recent Examples of mythology from the Web
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Cool eclipse stuff: workshops, seminars, downloadables Whittenberger Planetarium: The planetarium’s July 27 show (7 p.m.) will focus on stories and mythologies about the eclipse from cultures around the world.
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But let the drama burn cleanly rather than manipulatively — celebrate infusing your life with meaning, magic, and mythology by strutting down the street to a personal soundtrack, or slipping into clothing that makes your skin sing.
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Spend four episodes with said Belmont dueling monsters and having cryptic conversations with Alucard and Death and Charon and the rest of Castlevania’s grab-bag of characters from mythology and weird fiction.
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In Hebrew mythology Lilith is Adam’s first wife, before Eve.
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But there’s a good reason the Spider-Man series has been rebooted twice since 2002, when Sam Raimi made the first movie foray into the Marvel character's mythology: In our imagination Peter Parker remains, and always must be, a teenager.
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Sharon Starr is the housekeeper Cassandra, a nod to Greek mythology, ancient wisdom, and low brow voodoo.
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For her first line of highlighters called the Stardust collection, Worthy drew inspiration from Greek mythology.
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In Indian mythology, the Hindu demon Rahu spent his days chasing the Moon and Sun.
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Origin and Etymology of mythology
French or Late Latin; French mythologie, from Late Latin mythologia interpretation of myths, from Greek, legend, myth, from mythologein to relate myths, from mythos + logos speech — more at legend
MYTHOLOGY Defined for English Language Learners
mythology
playDefinition of mythology for English Language Learners
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: the myths of a particular group or culture
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: ideas that are believed by many people but that are not true
MYTHOLOGY Defined for Kids
mythology
playDefinition of mythology for Students
mythologies
: a collection of myths Greek mythology
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