'Mythology' definitions:
Definition of 'mythology'
(from WordNet)
noun
Myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
noun
The study of myths
Definition of 'Mythology'
From: GCIDE
- Mythology \My*thol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Mythologies. [F. mythologie, L. mythologia, Gr. myqologi`a; my^qos, fable, myth + lo`gos speech, discourse.]
- 1. The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mythology'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adventure story,
- allegory,
- ancient wisdom,
- apologue,
- archetypal myth,
- archetypal pattern,
- bedtime story,
- common law,
- custom,
- detective story,
- fable,
- fabliau,
- fairy lore,
- fairy tale,
- fairyism,
- fantasy,
- fiction,
- folk motif,
- folk story,
- folklore,
- folktale,
- gest,
- ghost story,
- horse opera,
- immemorial usage,
- legend,
- lore,
- love story,
- Marchen,
- Mishnah,
- mystery,
- mystery story,
- myth,
- mythical lore,
- mythicism,
- mythos,
- nursery tale,
- parable,
- racial memory,
- romance,
- science fiction,
- shocker,
- space fiction,
- space opera,
- Spiritus Mundi,
- stories,
- Sunna,
- suspense story,
- Talmud,
- thriller,
- tradition,
- traditionalism,
- traditionality,
- Western,
- Western story,
- Westerner,
- whodunit,
- work of fiction