mythology
my·thol·ogy (-jē)
mythology
n.
Systems of mythology include: Chaldean, Roman, Semitic, Bantu, Sumerian, Greek, Egyptian, Norse, Germanic, Celtic, Hindu, American Indian.
Preposition: of
- culture: They are woven into the mythologies of many cultures.
- people: Unfortunately the subject that really interested him, the mythology of the Slavic peoples, was not available at any of these new institutions.
Converse of subject
- inspire: The pieces were inspired by the mythology of fairies and research into the trends of fashion at the time.
Converse of object
- invent: Instead the actors become part of a real crew and the invented mythology partly takes shape in the real world.
- associate: The poem draws upon mythology associated with the castle from medieval times.
- explore: It was to explore urban mythology in a unique way while avoiding horror cliches.
- create: Tolkien created a new mythology in an invented world which has proved timeless in its appeal.
- build: In the years that followed his death, the established church built the mythology that still surrounds Saint Patrick.
- base: Sir Gus O'Donnell: I do not think it is mythology based.
Adjective modifier
- Norse: There are a fair number of things from Norse mythology he could do.
- Greek: The motif is likewise present in Greek mythology, Mount Olympus being the home of the gods.
- Celtic: An American, he moved to Britain to research Celtic mythology.
- Egyptian: In Egyptian mythology, Seth causes the death of his brother Osiris, the first king of Egypt.
- Sumerian: See S. N. Kramer: Sumerian Mythology ( revised edition by Harper Torchbooks, 1961 - 1st publication 1944 ), p. 40.
- Nordic: In it, you can find the Nordic mythology of Yggdrasil described in some detail.
Noun used with modifier
- pagan: He found in Christ the source of the truth and delight he had known in pagan mythology.
- Greek: I just liked the whole based on greek mythology.
- world: I chose a scenario straight out of world mythology, a world where you go through space on the back of a giant turtle.
- creation: It is a sociology textbook for the comparative study of world creation mythology.
- vampire: Vampire: Despite not having any real vampires the film boasts plenty of vampire mythology.
Literature is conscious mythology: as society develops, its mythical stories become structural principles of story-telling, its mythical concepts, sun-gods and the like, become habits of metaphoric thought. In a fully mature literary tradition the writerenters intoa structure of traditional stories and images.
What counted was the mythology of self, Blotched out beyond unblotching.
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