mythology

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It's a name from Greek mythology, and since no one really believes in Greek mythology anymore, it's fairly religiously neutral.

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  1. noun A body or collection of myths belonging to a people and addressing their origin, history, deities, ancestors, and heroes.
  2. noun 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).
  3. noun The field of scholarship dealing with the systematic collection and study of myths.

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  • One who should seek repose on the bosom of such a mythology is as one who seeks to pillow himself on the many-tinted clouds of evening; soft and beautiful as they are, there is nothing real to them but their dampness and coldness. —  Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands V2
  • Named for the ferryman of Hades in Greek mythology, Pluto's only known moon was discovered in 1978 by astronomer James Christy of the U.S. Naval Observatory while examining photos of Pluto. —  AnalogSFF,March2006
  • Within Greek mythology, one legend suggests that the singer Orpheus was torn apart by maenads after refusing their sexual advances, and his body parts thrown into the river Hebrus. —  StrangeHorizons,September2002
  • This name had its beginnings in Roman mythology, coming from the Latin word for door (ianud) - January is the door to the year. —  The Fergus Falls Daily Journal
  • The tiger and the dragon are famous rivals in Japanese mythology, and if you've played Art of Fighting, King of Fighters, or Super Robot Wars (Alpha, OG) then the concept should be somewhat familiar to you. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
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terpsichore · glaistig · faun · enoch · iapetus · acheri · muspellsheim · amphisbaena · mermen · dragon · atlas

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myth ·  folklore ·  lore ·  theology ·  superstition ·  antiquity ·  geography ·  metaphysics ·  symbolism ·  poetry ·  fable ·  allegory
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French mythologie, from Late Latin mȳthologia, from Greek mūthologiā, story-telling : mūthos, story + -logiā, -logy.

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  1. from French mythologic = Spanish mitología = Portuguese mythologia = Italian mitologia, from Late Latin mythologia, from Greek μυθολογία, legendary lore, from μῦθος, a myth + -λογία, from λέγειν, say: see -ology.
 

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