mythology
pronunciation
How to pronounce mythology in British English:
UK [mɪˈθɒlədʒi]
How to pronounce mythology in American English:
US [mɪˈθɑːlədʒi]
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- Noun:
- myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
- the study of myths
Word Origin
- mythology (n.)
- early 15c., "exposition of myths," from Middle French mythologie and directly from Late Latin mythologia, from Greek mythologia "legendary lore, a telling of mythic legends; a legend, story, tale," from mythos "myth" (of unknown origin) + -logy "study." Meaning "a body of myths" first recorded 1781.
Example
- 1. Cows are the economy and the mythology .
- 2. Whatever it is it can pass into the family sayings and mythology .
- 3. The dance depicts stories from hindu mythology and is usually religious in nature .
- 4. So how did the mythology that had lasted for two centuries lose its force ?
- 5. This same monochrome mythology spills into paintings of the 1930s , including guernica .