Complete Definition of "mythology"

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Pronunciation
my·tho·lo·gy
italbrac|RP AHD|mĭthôlôj�, IPA|/mɪ�θ�l�ʤi/
italbrac|US IPA|/mɪ�θ��l�ʤi/
audio|en-us-mythology.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
First attested in English in 1412. From French mythologie < Latin mythologia < AGr. polytonic|μ�θολογία (mythologia) "legend" < polytonic|μ�θολογέ� (mythologe�) "I tell tales" < polytonic|μ�θολ�γο� (mythologos) "legend" < polytonic|μῦθο� (mythos) "story" + polytonic|λέγ� (leg�) "I say"

Noun
en-noun|mythologies|-

  1. countable The collection of myths of a people, concerning their origin, history, deity|deities, ancestors and heroes.
  2. countable A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution.
  3. uncountable The systematic collection and study of myths.

Translations

trans-top|myths of a people
Chinese: �� (shénhuà)
Croatian: t-|hr|mitologija|f
Finnish: tarusto
French: t-|fr|mythologie|f
Greek: t+|el|μ�θολογία|trmythología|scGrek
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Italian: t+|it|mitologia|f
Japanese: �話 (shinwá)
Korean: �� (sinhwa)
Latin: mythologia f
Scots: meethologie
Swedish: mytologi c
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trans-top|myths concerning an event, person or institution
Croatian: t-|hr|mitologija|f
Korean: �� (jeonseol)
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Swedish: mytologi c
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trans-top|collection and study of myths
Alsatian: Mythologie f
Bosnian: t-|bs|mitologija|f
Bulgarian: ми�ологи� (mitologija) f
Croatian: t-|hr|mitologija|f
Finnish: t+|fi|mytologia|f
Catalan: mitologia f
Chinese: �� (shénhuà)
Czech: t-|cs|mytologie|f, t-|cs|mythologie|f
Danish: mytologi
Dutch: t-|nl|mythologie|f
Esperanto: t-|eo|mitologio|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: mütoloogia f
Finnish: mytologia
French: t-|fr|mythologie|f
German: t+|de|Mythologie|f
Greek: μ�θολογία (mythologia or mithologia) f (:el:��θολογία|el)
Hebrew: ��ת������ (mitologia) f
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Hungarian: t-|hu|mitológia|f
Italian: t+|it|mitologia|f
Japanese: �話 (shinwá)
Korean: ��� (sinhwahak)
Latin: mythologia f
Luxembourgish: Mythologie f
Polish: t-|pl|mitologia|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|mitologia|f
Romanian: t-|ro|mitologie|f
Russian: t+|ru|ми�ологи�|f|trmifológija|scCyrl
Scots: meethologie
Serbian: ми�ологи�а/mitologija f
Slovene: t+|sl|mitologija|f
Spanish: t-|es|mitología|f
Swedish: mytologi c
Ukrainian: м��олог�� (mifologija) f
Walloon: Mitolodjeye
Welsh: mytholeg
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See also
w:Egyptian mythology
w:Greek mythology
w:Japanese mythology
w:Norse mythology
w:Roman mythology
w:Indian mythology

Category:Greek derivations
Category:Mythology|*

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