browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
mythology |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as the mythology of the Greeks. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mythology n 1: myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person 2: the study of myths From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later N
more about mythology
This work is licensed under a
