Mythology
English Meaning
The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.
- A body or collection of myths belonging to a people and addressing their origin, history, deities, ancestors, and heroes.
- A body of myths associated with an event, individual, or institution: "A new mythology, essential to the . . . American funeral rite, has grown up” ( Jessica Mitford).
- The field of scholarship dealing with the systematic collection and study of myths.