Mythologem Definition

noun
A basic core element, motif or theme of a myth.
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Other Word Forms of Mythologem

Noun

Singular:
mythologem
Plural:
mythologems

Origin of Mythologem

  • First used in 1949 by Carl Kerenyi in "Prologomena" (published in Science of mythology: Essays on the myth of the divine child and the mysteries of Eleusis, edited by C. G. Jung and C. Kerenyi). From Ancient Greek [script?] (mythologema, “mythical narrative”); [script?] (mythologein, “to tell mythical tales”); mythos (myth) & -logos (word or speech).

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