"mythology" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪˈθɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /mɪˈθɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ [US] Audio: en-us-mythology.ogg [US] Forms: mythologies [plural]
enPR: mĭthôlôjē Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi Etymology: First attested as Middle English in 1412. From Middle French mythologie, from Latin mythologia, from Ancient Greek μυθολογία (muthología, “legend”) μυθολογέω (muthologéō, “I tell tales”), from μυθολόγος (muthológos, “legend”), from μῦθος (mûthos, “story”) + λέγω (légō, “I say”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|frm|mythologie}} Middle French mythologie, {{der|en|la|mythologia}} Latin mythologia, {{der|en|grc|μυθολογία||legend}} Ancient Greek μυθολογία (muthología, “legend”), {{m|grc|μυθολογέω||I tell tales}} μυθολογέω (muthologéō, “I tell tales”), {{m|grc|μυθολόγος||legend}} μυθολόγος (muthológos, “legend”), {{com|grc|μῦθος|λέγω|nocat=1|t1=story|t2=I say}} μῦθος (mûthos, “story”) + λέγω (légō, “I say”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mythology (countable and uncountable, plural mythologies)
  1. (countable and uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (myths of a people): mifologiya (Azerbaijani), əsatir (Azerbaijani), əsatirlik (Azerbaijani), mitologia (Basque), митология (mitologija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mitologia [feminine] (Catalan), 神話 (Chinese Mandarin), 神话 (shénhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), халапсем (halapsem) (Chuvash), mytologie (Czech), bájesloví [feminine] (Czech), mythologie [feminine] (Dutch), mütoloogia (Estonian), tarusto (Finnish), mytologia (Finnish), jumalaistarusto (english: divine) (Finnish), mythologie [feminine] (French), mitoloxía [feminine] (Galician), მითოლოგია (mitologia) (Georgian), Mythologie [feminine] (German), Sagenwelt [feminine] (German), Götterlehre [feminine] (German), μυθολογία (mythología) (Greek), mitologi (Indonesian), déscéalaíocht [feminine] (Irish), mitologia [feminine] (Italian), 神話 (shinwá) (alt: しんわ) (Japanese), aŋızdar (Kazakh), ទេវកថា (teivea’ ka’tʰaa) (Khmer), 신화 (sinhwa) (alt: 神話) (Korean), mythologia [feminine] (Latin), mitoloģija [feminine] (Latvian), mytologija [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), mitoloġija [feminine] (Maltese), mitologia [feminine] (Occitan), mitologia [feminine] (Polish), mitologia [feminine] (Portuguese), mitologie [feminine] (Romanian), мифоло́гия (mifológija) [feminine] (Russian), ми́фы (mífy) [masculine, plural] (Russian), meethologie (Scots), mitològija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mitología [feminine] (Spanish), mytologi [common-gender] (Swedish), асотир (asotir) (Tajik), mitoloji (Turkish), міфоло́гія (mifolóhija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), мітоло́гія (mitolóhija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), mytologija [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), thần thoại (Vietnamese), chwedloniaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. (countable and uncountable) A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (myths concerning an event, person or institution): kertomus (Finnish), tarina (Finnish), mitologi (Indonesian), 신화 (sinhwa) (alt: 神話) (Korean), mitoloģija [feminine] (Latvian), mitologia [feminine] (Polish), митоло̀гија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mitològija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mytologi [common-gender] (Swedish), mitoloji (Turkish)
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  3. (countable and uncountable) Pervasive elements of a fictional universe that resemble a mythological universe. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mythology Translations (pervasive elements of a fictional universe): myytistö (Finnish)
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  4. The set of misconceptions and false attitudes that are held about something and contribute to its perception. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  5. (uncountable) The systematic collection and study of myths. Tags: uncountable Translations (collection and study of myths): mitologjia (Albanian), Mythologie [feminine] (Alemannic German), مِيثُولُوجِيَا (miṯulūjiyā) [feminine] (Arabic), դիցաբանություն (dicʿabanutʿyun) (Armenian), mifologiya (Azerbaijani), mitologia (Basque), міфало́гія (mifalóhija) [feminine] (Belarusian), митоло́гия (mitológija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mitologia [feminine] (Catalan), 神話學 (Chinese Mandarin), 神话学 (shénhuàxué) (Chinese Mandarin), mytologie [feminine] (Czech), mythologie [feminine] (Czech), mytologi (Danish), mythologie [feminine] (Dutch), mitologio (Esperanto), mütoloogia (Estonian), gudalæra [feminine] (Faroese), mytologia (Finnish), myyttien tutkimus (Finnish), mythologie [feminine] (French), მითოლოგია (mitologia) (Georgian), Mythologie [feminine] (German), Sagenwelt [feminine] (German), Götterlehre [feminine] (German), μυθολογία (mythología) [feminine] (Greek), מיתולוגיה (mitologia) [feminine] (Hebrew), mitológia (Hungarian), mitologio (Ido), mitologi (Indonesian), ilmu mitos (Indonesian), mitologia [feminine] (Italian), 神話学 (shinwagaku) (alt: しんわがく) (Japanese), ទេវកថាវិទ្យា (teivea’ka’tʰaa vityie) (Khmer), 신화학 (sinhwahak) (alt: 神話學) (Korean), mythologia [feminine] (Latin), mitoloģija [feminine] (Latvian), mitologija [feminine] (Lithuanian), Mythologie [feminine] (Luxembourgish), kaji mitos (Malay), mitologi (Malay), mitoloġija [feminine] (Maltese), mitologia [feminine] (Polish), mitologia [feminine] (Portuguese), mitologie [feminine] (Romanian), colecție mitologică [feminine] (Romanian), мифоло́гия (mifológija) [feminine] (Russian), meethologie (Scots), митоло̀гија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mitològija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mytológia [feminine] (Slovak), mitologija [feminine] (Slovene), mitología [feminine] (Spanish), mitholojia (Swahili), mytologi [common-gender] (Swedish), ривоятҳо (rivoyatho) (Tajik), mitoloji (Turkish), mifologiýa (Turkmen), міфоло́гія (mifolóhija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), mitolodjeye (Walloon), mytholeg (Welsh)
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Synonyms: godlore Derived forms: mythological, mythologist

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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "miṯulūjiyā",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مِيثُولُوجِيَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "dicʿabanutʿyun",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "դիցաբանություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mifologiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mitologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mifalóhija",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "міфало́гія"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mitológija",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "митоло́гия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "神話學"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shénhuàxué",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "神话学"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mytologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mythologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mytologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mythologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mitologio"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mütoloogia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gudalæra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mytologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "myyttien tutkimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mythologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mitologia",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "მითოლოგია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mythologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sagenwelt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Götterlehre"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mythología",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μυθολογία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mitologia",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מיתולוגיה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mitológia"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mitologio"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mitologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "ilmu mitos"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitologia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんわがく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinwagaku",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "神話学"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "teivea’ka’tʰaa vityie",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "ទេវកថាវិទ្យា"
    },
    {
      "alt": "神話學",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sinhwahak",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "신화학"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mythologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitoloģija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitologija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mythologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "kaji mitos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mitologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitoloġija"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colecție mitologică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mifológija",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мифоло́гия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "meethologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "митоло̀гија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitològija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mytológia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitologija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitología"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mitholojia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mytologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "rivoyatho",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "ривоятҳо"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mitoloji"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mifologiýa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mifolóhija",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "міфоло́гія"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mitolodjeye"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "collection and study of myths",
      "word": "mytholeg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "mythology"
  ],
  "word": "mythology"
}

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