- a body of myths, esp one associated with a particular culture, institution, person, etc
- a body of stories about a person, institution, etc
- myths collectively
- the study or collecting of myths
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my•thol•o•gy /mɪˈθɑlədʒi/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -gies.
my•thol•o•gist, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Mythology[countable] a body of myths, as that of a particular people.
- Mythology[uncountable] myths thought of as a group.
- Mythology[uncountable] the science or study of myths.
- Mythology a set of stories, traditions, or beliefs that surround a particular person, event, or institution:[countable]An entire mythology has grown around the dead movie star.
my•thol•o•gist, n. [countable]
my•thol•o•gy
(mi thol′ə jē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies.
- Mythologya body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person:Greek mythology.
- Mythologymyths collectively.
- Mythologythe science or study of myths.
- Mythologya 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.
- Greek mȳthología. See mytho-, -logy
- Late Latin mȳthologia
- late Middle English mythologie 1375–1425
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mythology /mɪˈθɒlədʒɪ/ n ( pl -gies)
'mythology' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Aesir
- Bel
- Brunhild
- chakra
- Charybdis
- Colchis
- Comus
- Donar
- Gunther
- Hanuman
- heroic
- hippogriff
- Horus
- jinni
- Kriemhild
- lotus
- Mephistopheles
- myth
- myth.
- mythological
- mythologist
- mythos
- Olympus
- Ossa
- Pelion
- silver age
- Thoth
- thread
- thunderbolt
- Tiu
- water nymph
- wheel of fortune
- witch
- Wotan
- Asat
- Asura
- bhut
- Demogorgon
- dreamtime
- erlking
- euhemerism
- immortal
- Kur
- Latona
- mythol.
- nebris
- Nergal
- Nerthus
- nymph
- Pantheon