Mythology
[mɪ'θɒlədʒɪ] or [mɪ'θɑlədʒi]
Definition
(noun.) the study of myths.
(noun.) myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person.
Edited by Eileen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.
(n.) A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks.
Typist: Wesley
Unserious Contents or Definition
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.
Editor: Louise
Examples
- The heathen mythology, the Sybilline oracles, the myths of Plato, the dreams of Neo-Platonists are equally regarded by him as matter of fact. Plato. The Republic.
- But the notion of a spontaneous normal development of these activities is pure mythology. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It dates back to the shadowy ages of tradition, and was the birthplace of gods renowned in Grecian mythology. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He wanders over Roman history, and over Greek philosophy and mythology, and finds everywhere crime, impiety and falsehood. Plato. The Republic.
- No hero of mythology or fable ever dared such dragons to rescue some captive goddess as did this dauntless champion of civilization. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You are aware, I suppose, that all mythology and poetry is a narration of events, either past, present, or to come? Plato. The Republic.
- In practical reality Europe does not do this, she has given herself up altogether to the worship of this strange state mythology. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He adapts mythology like the Homeric poems to the wants of the state, making 'the Phoenician tale' the vehicle of his ideas. Plato. The Republic.
- Certain things appear in the mythology of mankind again and again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The idea of good is one of those sacred words or forms of thought, which were beginning to take the place of the old mythology. Plato. The Republic.
- It would be as bad as letting Carp, and Brasenose generally, know how backward he was in organizing the matter for his Key to all Mythologies. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Inputed by Deborah