MYTHOLOGY


Meaning of MYTHOLOGY in English

/mi thol"euh jee/ , n. , pl. mythologies .

1. a body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person: Greek mythology.

2. myths collectively.

3. the science or study of myths.

4. a set of stories, traditions, or beliefs associated with a particular group or the history of an event, arising naturally or deliberately fostered: the Fascist mythology of the interwar years.

[ 1375-1425; late ME mythologie mythologia mythología. See MYTHO-, -LOGY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .