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mythology definition

my·thol·ogy (-jē)

noun pl. mythologies -·gies

  1. the science or study of myths
  2. a book of or about myths
  3. myths collectively; esp., all the myths of a specific people or about a specific being

Etymology: ME methologie < LL mythologia < Gr, a telling of tales or legends < mythos, myth + -logia, -logy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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