Definition of mythology in English:

mythology

nounPlural mythologies mɪˈθɒlədʒiməˈθɑlədʒi

mass noun

1A collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.
总称（尤指属于特定宗教或文化传统的）神话
tales from Greek mythology
count noun Jewish and Christian mythologies
一本讨论犹太教和基督教神话的书。
Example sentencesExamples
- The legend of the lost continent or island of Atlantis occurs in the mythologies of many parts of Europe.
- Now in many other mythologies you can find gods that have parallels with Athena.
- In ancient Greek mythology, images of snakes are generally evil and scary, like the Hydra, a large snake with nine heads.
- These books are the primary source for our knowledge of the most ancient Indian mythology, forming the basis for the development of Hinduism.
- Ancient mythologies preserved this knowledge in story form.
- For example, Artemis and Diana is the same goddess but are of two mythologies.
- Tonight she will consider the differing beliefs and customs relating to death practices from a selection of cultures and mythologies.
- We can see its beginnings in Greek mythology with the story of Prometheus.
- Such views stem from the fact that some famous characters from Ancient Greek mythology have their origins in Thrace.
- There are numerous mythologies in which the God is sacrificed as grain or as vegetation in general to feed the people.
- One of the best known of the Greek mythologies is the tale of Icarus.
- I've always been interested in the ancient American mythologies of the Inca, Maya, and Aztec, and the ancient mythos of the Greeks and Egyptians.
- Pilgrims are treated to plays enacted from stories of Hindu mythology, featuring the well known adventures of gods and heroes.
- The history of ancient Greece and Greek mythology that I studied in high school and college all came alive for me on this trip.
- The idea that the universe had a beginning is common to various religions and mythologies.
- Sacrifice is a universal religious act, one closely associated with the mythologies of particular traditions.
- In the mythologies that have come down to us, many cultures express this as a sexual union.
- After breakfast he strolls through deserted lanes before retiring to his drawing room to read about archaeology, Greek mythology, and biographies.
- Many mythologies seem to feature an apocalyptic or transformational event that will occur at the ‘end of history’.
- Dragons are winged beings portrayed in the ancient mythologies of most cultures.
Synonyms
myth(s), legend(s), folklore, folk tales, folk stories, lore, tradition, stories, tales
technical mythos
1. 1.1 A set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution, or situation, especially when exaggerated or fictitious.
  虚夸不实之词；不符合事实的看法；荒诞无稽之谈
  we look for change in our thirties, not in our forties, as popular mythology has it
  我们在30多岁时寻求改变，而不是像流行的错误说法所说的那样，在40几岁才那么做。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They provided indispensable services and became the subject of popular folklore and mythology.
  A beach, in the popular mythology, was a place of dissolution and wreckage and danger, a place only for the desperate and the scavanging poor.
  Thanks, Betty, for your stunning and original contribution to American popular mythology.
  Contrary to popular mythology, boys are just as anxious and confused about sex as the girls are.
  Contrary to popular mythology, not every graduate of the Air Force Academy has a chance to become chief of staff of the Air Force.
  His execution in 1725 was to ensure his place in popular mythology.
  In the popular liberal mythology, the ad disgustingly questioned Cleland's patriotism.
  In popular mythology, kids used to run away from home to do just that.
  According to popular mythology, this is how it happened.
  Contrary to today's popular mythology about our past, slavery and exploitation were not taboo subjects then.
  There is one other consideration that has led me to expose anti-nuclear mythology.
  British trade union mythology is full of wonderfully stirring stories of doughty workers banding together to take on the government.
  The stag is not ‘torn to pieces’, as popular mythology would have it.
  Next week, another bit of popular mythology comes under our close examination.
  Others will assign stories based on them and the false mythology will continue.
  It was, popular mythology tells us, one of the contributing factors to the American Revolution, and it might just lead to a revolution here.
  You'd be pushed to find it in the popular mythology, though.
  According to popular mythology, Mexicans don't do breakfast.
  The whips have the task of mobilizing their party's backbenchers: popular mythology ascribes to them powers beyond their reach.
  The popular mythology that the most crowded countries cremate the most is not born out by the facts.
2The study of myths.
神话学
this field includes archaeology, comparative mythology, and folklore
Example sentencesExamples
- In the intervening time Rothko stopped painting, devoting himself instead to the study of philosophy and mythology.
- Schools replaced mythology and history with the more amorphous social studies.
- They study mythology, gardening, cooking, foreign languages, history, botany and physics.
- He had studied his mythology and knew how to construct an argument.
- In general, he offers no support for the plausibility of his theory beyond an ingenious argument from comparative mythology.
- These stories reflect the children's ideas and interests and influences range from ancient mythology to television.
- I'm not a specialist in ancient mythology but like most lovers of history I enjoy seeing the vast and great tales of the past brought to life.
- The student of mythology may find some of this story interesting.
- History and mythology have a symbiotic relationship and they reinforce each other to a large extent.
- Baird who has studied mythology since she was a child equips every card with a musing short story on its back cover.
- The walkers will enjoy their trek through landscapes filled with history, archaeology and mythology.
- For the past eight years, she has been teaching comparative mythology, a subject in which she has earned a doctorate.
- It drew upon history, mythology and living memory of the Second World War.
- European history, geography and mythology is central to it.
- Under his influence her interest in Irish folklore revived, and she began to study Irish mythology, taking her research into the field.
- A perfect introduction to the history of mythology.
- He devoted much attention to comparative mythology and the comparative study of religions.
- She had broad-ranging interests, having studied mythology and psychology, in which she gained a PhD.
- His articles on folklore, art, mythology and short stories for children have been widely published.
- I think this same analogy applies very accurately not only to the study of mythology, but to a variety of other fields of thought.

Derivatives

mythologer

noun

It deserves an answer that does not dumb down what mythologers around the world are discussing.
Example sentencesExamples
- Today, it is pursued by artists, writers, urban theorists and mythologers and, on an academic level, geography researchers.
- It is no wonder the protean character of the enlightener has perplexed mythologers, for he is a perpetual paradox.
- But he was also the mythologer of his own personal legend.
- Joseph Campbell, who died only a few years ago, was one of our most celebrated and well-known contemporary mythologers.

mythologist

noun mɪˈθɒlədʒɪstməˈθɑlədʒəst

Heroes, according to the mythologist Joseph Campbell, test themselves, put themselves into unfamiliar territory, risk their identity, and come back from an ordeal or adventure with a gift for the community.
Example sentencesExamples
- I came across some references to this guy, William Henry, who calls himself an ‘investigative mythologist.’
- I'm a mythologist, Magdalena, of course I would agree with that sentiment.
- Maybe western mythologists have not been completely correct in their perceptions of what these ancient people were telling us.
- Barrie was his own mythologist: he loved making up stories about himself, and her book is an attempt to unpick the truth.

Origin

Late Middle English: from French mythologie, or via late Latin from Greek muthologia, from muthos 'myth' + -logia (see -logy).

Definition of mythology in US English:

mythology

nounməˈθɑlədʒiməˈTHäləjē

1A collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.
总称（尤指属于特定宗教或文化传统的）神话
a book discussing Jewish and Christian mythologies
一本讨论犹太教和基督教神话的书。
Ganesa was the god of wisdom and success in Hindu mythology
在印度神话中，象头神是智慧和成功之神。
Example sentencesExamples
- These books are the primary source for our knowledge of the most ancient Indian mythology, forming the basis for the development of Hinduism.
- One of the best known of the Greek mythologies is the tale of Icarus.
- We can see its beginnings in Greek mythology with the story of Prometheus.
- The idea that the universe had a beginning is common to various religions and mythologies.
- Tonight she will consider the differing beliefs and customs relating to death practices from a selection of cultures and mythologies.
- In the mythologies that have come down to us, many cultures express this as a sexual union.
- There are numerous mythologies in which the God is sacrificed as grain or as vegetation in general to feed the people.
- The history of ancient Greece and Greek mythology that I studied in high school and college all came alive for me on this trip.
- Ancient mythologies preserved this knowledge in story form.
- For example, Artemis and Diana is the same goddess but are of two mythologies.
- Many mythologies seem to feature an apocalyptic or transformational event that will occur at the ‘end of history’.
- Sacrifice is a universal religious act, one closely associated with the mythologies of particular traditions.
- In ancient Greek mythology, images of snakes are generally evil and scary, like the Hydra, a large snake with nine heads.
- After breakfast he strolls through deserted lanes before retiring to his drawing room to read about archaeology, Greek mythology, and biographies.
- Dragons are winged beings portrayed in the ancient mythologies of most cultures.
- I've always been interested in the ancient American mythologies of the Inca, Maya, and Aztec, and the ancient mythos of the Greeks and Egyptians.
- Such views stem from the fact that some famous characters from Ancient Greek mythology have their origins in Thrace.
- Now in many other mythologies you can find gods that have parallels with Athena.
- Pilgrims are treated to plays enacted from stories of Hindu mythology, featuring the well known adventures of gods and heroes.
- The legend of the lost continent or island of Atlantis occurs in the mythologies of many parts of Europe.
Synonyms
myth, myths, legend, legends, folklore, folk tales, folk stories, lore, tradition, stories, tales
1. 1.1 A set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution, or situation, especially when exaggerated or fictitious.
  虚夸不实之词；不符合事实的看法；荒诞无稽之谈
  in popular mythology, truckers are kings of the road
  Example sentencesExamples
  The stag is not ‘torn to pieces’, as popular mythology would have it.
  The whips have the task of mobilizing their party's backbenchers: popular mythology ascribes to them powers beyond their reach.
  They provided indispensable services and became the subject of popular folklore and mythology.
  Next week, another bit of popular mythology comes under our close examination.
  Contrary to today's popular mythology about our past, slavery and exploitation were not taboo subjects then.
  There is one other consideration that has led me to expose anti-nuclear mythology.
  Others will assign stories based on them and the false mythology will continue.
  A beach, in the popular mythology, was a place of dissolution and wreckage and danger, a place only for the desperate and the scavanging poor.
  In the popular liberal mythology, the ad disgustingly questioned Cleland's patriotism.
  According to popular mythology, Mexicans don't do breakfast.
  Contrary to popular mythology, boys are just as anxious and confused about sex as the girls are.
  It was, popular mythology tells us, one of the contributing factors to the American Revolution, and it might just lead to a revolution here.
  Contrary to popular mythology, not every graduate of the Air Force Academy has a chance to become chief of staff of the Air Force.
  British trade union mythology is full of wonderfully stirring stories of doughty workers banding together to take on the government.
  In popular mythology, kids used to run away from home to do just that.
  Thanks, Betty, for your stunning and original contribution to American popular mythology.
  The popular mythology that the most crowded countries cremate the most is not born out by the facts.
  According to popular mythology, this is how it happened.
  His execution in 1725 was to ensure his place in popular mythology.
  You'd be pushed to find it in the popular mythology, though.
2The study of myths.
神话学
Example sentencesExamples
- Schools replaced mythology and history with the more amorphous social studies.
- I think this same analogy applies very accurately not only to the study of mythology, but to a variety of other fields of thought.
- The student of mythology may find some of this story interesting.
- European history, geography and mythology is central to it.
- A perfect introduction to the history of mythology.
- He had studied his mythology and knew how to construct an argument.
- In the intervening time Rothko stopped painting, devoting himself instead to the study of philosophy and mythology.
- They study mythology, gardening, cooking, foreign languages, history, botany and physics.
- I'm not a specialist in ancient mythology but like most lovers of history I enjoy seeing the vast and great tales of the past brought to life.
- It drew upon history, mythology and living memory of the Second World War.
- She had broad-ranging interests, having studied mythology and psychology, in which she gained a PhD.
- History and mythology have a symbiotic relationship and they reinforce each other to a large extent.
- Baird who has studied mythology since she was a child equips every card with a musing short story on its back cover.
- His articles on folklore, art, mythology and short stories for children have been widely published.
- These stories reflect the children's ideas and interests and influences range from ancient mythology to television.
- In general, he offers no support for the plausibility of his theory beyond an ingenious argument from comparative mythology.
- For the past eight years, she has been teaching comparative mythology, a subject in which she has earned a doctorate.
- The walkers will enjoy their trek through landscapes filled with history, archaeology and mythology.
- Under his influence her interest in Irish folklore revived, and she began to study Irish mythology, taking her research into the field.
- He devoted much attention to comparative mythology and the comparative study of religions.

Origin

Late Middle English: from French mythologie, or via late Latin from Greek muthologia, from muthos ‘myth’ + -logia (see -logy).

词汇	mythology
释义	Definition of mythology in English: mythology nounPlural mythologies mɪˈθɒlədʒiməˈθɑlədʒi mass noun 1A collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition. 总称（尤指属于特定宗教或文化传统的）神话 tales from Greek mythology count noun Jewish and Christian mythologies 一本讨论犹太教和基督教神话的书。 Example sentencesExamples The legend of the lost continent or island of Atlantis occurs in the mythologies of many parts of Europe. Now in many other mythologies you can find gods that have parallels with Athena. In ancient Greek mythology, images of snakes are generally evil and scary, like the Hydra, a large snake with nine heads. These books are the primary source for our knowledge of the most ancient Indian mythology, forming the basis for the development of Hinduism. Ancient mythologies preserved this knowledge in story form. For example, Artemis and Diana is the same goddess but are of two mythologies. Tonight she will consider the differing beliefs and customs relating to death practices from a selection of cultures and mythologies. We can see its beginnings in Greek mythology with the story of Prometheus. Such views stem from the fact that some famous characters from Ancient Greek mythology have their origins in Thrace. There are numerous mythologies in which the God is sacrificed as grain or as vegetation in general to feed the people. One of the best known of the Greek mythologies is the tale of Icarus. I've always been interested in the ancient American mythologies of the Inca, Maya, and Aztec, and the ancient mythos of the Greeks and Egyptians. Pilgrims are treated to plays enacted from stories of Hindu mythology, featuring the well known adventures of gods and heroes. The history of ancient Greece and Greek mythology that I studied in high school and college all came alive for me on this trip. The idea that the universe had a beginning is common to various religions and mythologies. Sacrifice is a universal religious act, one closely associated with the mythologies of particular traditions. In the mythologies that have come down to us, many cultures express this as a sexual union. After breakfast he strolls through deserted lanes before retiring to his drawing room to read about archaeology, Greek mythology, and biographies. Many mythologies seem to feature an apocalyptic or transformational event that will occur at the ‘end of history’. Dragons are winged beings portrayed in the ancient mythologies of most cultures. Synonyms myth(s), legend(s), folklore, folk tales, folk stories, lore, tradition, stories, tales technical mythos 1.1 A set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution, or situation, especially when exaggerated or fictitious. 虚夸不实之词；不符合事实的看法；荒诞无稽之谈 we look for change in our thirties, not in our forties, as popular mythology has it 我们在30多岁时寻求改变，而不是像流行的错误说法所说的那样，在40几岁才那么做。 Example sentencesExamples They provided indispensable services and became the subject of popular folklore and mythology. A beach, in the popular mythology, was a place of dissolution and wreckage and danger, a place only for the desperate and the scavanging poor. Thanks, Betty, for your stunning and original contribution to American popular mythology. Contrary to popular mythology, boys are just as anxious and confused about sex as the girls are. Contrary to popular mythology, not every graduate of the Air Force Academy has a chance to become chief of staff of the Air Force. His execution in 1725 was to ensure his place in popular mythology. In the popular liberal mythology, the ad disgustingly questioned Cleland's patriotism. In popular mythology, kids used to run away from home to do just that. According to popular mythology, this is how it happened. Contrary to today's popular mythology about our past, slavery and exploitation were not taboo subjects then. There is one other consideration that has led me to expose anti-nuclear mythology. British trade union mythology is full of wonderfully stirring stories of doughty workers banding together to take on the government. The stag is not ‘torn to pieces’, as popular mythology would have it. Next week, another bit of popular mythology comes under our close examination. Others will assign stories based on them and the false mythology will continue. It was, popular mythology tells us, one of the contributing factors to the American Revolution, and it might just lead to a revolution here. You'd be pushed to find it in the popular mythology, though. According to popular mythology, Mexicans don't do breakfast. The whips have the task of mobilizing their party's backbenchers: popular mythology ascribes to them powers beyond their reach. The popular mythology that the most crowded countries cremate the most is not born out by the facts. 2The study of myths. 神话学 this field includes archaeology, comparative mythology, and folklore Example sentencesExamples In the intervening time Rothko stopped painting, devoting himself instead to the study of philosophy and mythology. Schools replaced mythology and history with the more amorphous social studies. They study mythology, gardening, cooking, foreign languages, history, botany and physics. He had studied his mythology and knew how to construct an argument. In general, he offers no support for the plausibility of his theory beyond an ingenious argument from comparative mythology. These stories reflect the children's ideas and interests and influences range from ancient mythology to television. I'm not a specialist in ancient mythology but like most lovers of history I enjoy seeing the vast and great tales of the past brought to life. The student of mythology may find some of this story interesting. History and mythology have a symbiotic relationship and they reinforce each other to a large extent. Baird who has studied mythology since she was a child equips every card with a musing short story on its back cover. The walkers will enjoy their trek through landscapes filled with history, archaeology and mythology. For the past eight years, she has been teaching comparative mythology, a subject in which she has earned a doctorate. It drew upon history, mythology and living memory of the Second World War. European history, geography and mythology is central to it. Under his influence her interest in Irish folklore revived, and she began to study Irish mythology, taking her research into the field. A perfect introduction to the history of mythology. He devoted much attention to comparative mythology and the comparative study of religions. She had broad-ranging interests, having studied mythology and psychology, in which she gained a PhD. His articles on folklore, art, mythology and short stories for children have been widely published. I think this same analogy applies very accurately not only to the study of mythology, but to a variety of other fields of thought. Derivatives mythologer noun It deserves an answer that does not dumb down what mythologers around the world are discussing. Example sentencesExamples Today, it is pursued by artists, writers, urban theorists and mythologers and, on an academic level, geography researchers. It is no wonder the protean character of the enlightener has perplexed mythologers, for he is a perpetual paradox. But he was also the mythologer of his own personal legend. Joseph Campbell, who died only a few years ago, was one of our most celebrated and well-known contemporary mythologers. mythologist noun mɪˈθɒlədʒɪstməˈθɑlədʒəst Heroes, according to the mythologist Joseph Campbell, test themselves, put themselves into unfamiliar territory, risk their identity, and come back from an ordeal or adventure with a gift for the community. Example sentencesExamples I came across some references to this guy, William Henry, who calls himself an ‘investigative mythologist.’ I'm a mythologist, Magdalena, of course I would agree with that sentiment. Maybe western mythologists have not been completely correct in their perceptions of what these ancient people were telling us. Barrie was his own mythologist: he loved making up stories about himself, and her book is an attempt to unpick the truth. Origin Late Middle English: from French mythologie, or via late Latin from Greek muthologia, from muthos 'myth' + -logia (see -logy). Definition of mythology in US English: mythology nounməˈθɑlədʒiməˈTHäləjē 1A collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition. 总称（尤指属于特定宗教或文化传统的）神话 a book discussing Jewish and Christian mythologies 一本讨论犹太教和基督教神话的书。 Ganesa was the god of wisdom and success in Hindu mythology 在印度神话中，象头神是智慧和成功之神。 Example sentencesExamples These books are the primary source for our knowledge of the most ancient Indian mythology, forming the basis for the development of Hinduism. One of the best known of the Greek mythologies is the tale of Icarus. We can see its beginnings in Greek mythology with the story of Prometheus. The idea that the universe had a beginning is common to various religions and mythologies. Tonight she will consider the differing beliefs and customs relating to death practices from a selection of cultures and mythologies. In the mythologies that have come down to us, many cultures express this as a sexual union. There are numerous mythologies in which the God is sacrificed as grain or as vegetation in general to feed the people. The history of ancient Greece and Greek mythology that I studied in high school and college all came alive for me on this trip. Ancient mythologies preserved this knowledge in story form. For example, Artemis and Diana is the same goddess but are of two mythologies. Many mythologies seem to feature an apocalyptic or transformational event that will occur at the ‘end of history’. Sacrifice is a universal religious act, one closely associated with the mythologies of particular traditions. In ancient Greek mythology, images of snakes are generally evil and scary, like the Hydra, a large snake with nine heads. After breakfast he strolls through deserted lanes before retiring to his drawing room to read about archaeology, Greek mythology, and biographies. Dragons are winged beings portrayed in the ancient mythologies of most cultures. I've always been interested in the ancient American mythologies of the Inca, Maya, and Aztec, and the ancient mythos of the Greeks and Egyptians. Such views stem from the fact that some famous characters from Ancient Greek mythology have their origins in Thrace. Now in many other mythologies you can find gods that have parallels with Athena. Pilgrims are treated to plays enacted from stories of Hindu mythology, featuring the well known adventures of gods and heroes. The legend of the lost continent or island of Atlantis occurs in the mythologies of many parts of Europe. Synonyms myth, myths, legend, legends, folklore, folk tales, folk stories, lore, tradition, stories, tales 1.1 A set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution, or situation, especially when exaggerated or fictitious. 虚夸不实之词；不符合事实的看法；荒诞无稽之谈 in popular mythology, truckers are kings of the road Example sentencesExamples The stag is not ‘torn to pieces’, as popular mythology would have it. The whips have the task of mobilizing their party's backbenchers: popular mythology ascribes to them powers beyond their reach. They provided indispensable services and became the subject of popular folklore and mythology. Next week, another bit of popular mythology comes under our close examination. Contrary to today's popular mythology about our past, slavery and exploitation were not taboo subjects then. There is one other consideration that has led me to expose anti-nuclear mythology. Others will assign stories based on them and the false mythology will continue. A beach, in the popular mythology, was a place of dissolution and wreckage and danger, a place only for the desperate and the scavanging poor. In the popular liberal mythology, the ad disgustingly questioned Cleland's patriotism. According to popular mythology, Mexicans don't do breakfast. Contrary to popular mythology, boys are just as anxious and confused about sex as the girls are. It was, popular mythology tells us, one of the contributing factors to the American Revolution, and it might just lead to a revolution here. Contrary to popular mythology, not every graduate of the Air Force Academy has a chance to become chief of staff of the Air Force. British trade union mythology is full of wonderfully stirring stories of doughty workers banding together to take on the government. In popular mythology, kids used to run away from home to do just that. Thanks, Betty, for your stunning and original contribution to American popular mythology. The popular mythology that the most crowded countries cremate the most is not born out by the facts. According to popular mythology, this is how it happened. His execution in 1725 was to ensure his place in popular mythology. You'd be pushed to find it in the popular mythology, though. 2The study of myths. 神话学 Example sentencesExamples Schools replaced mythology and history with the more amorphous social studies. I think this same analogy applies very accurately not only to the study of mythology, but to a variety of other fields of thought. The student of mythology may find some of this story interesting. European history, geography and mythology is central to it. A perfect introduction to the history of mythology. He had studied his mythology and knew how to construct an argument. In the intervening time Rothko stopped painting, devoting himself instead to the study of philosophy and mythology. They study mythology, gardening, cooking, foreign languages, history, botany and physics. I'm not a specialist in ancient mythology but like most lovers of history I enjoy seeing the vast and great tales of the past brought to life. It drew upon history, mythology and living memory of the Second World War. She had broad-ranging interests, having studied mythology and psychology, in which she gained a PhD. History and mythology have a symbiotic relationship and they reinforce each other to a large extent. Baird who has studied mythology since she was a child equips every card with a musing short story on its back cover. His articles on folklore, art, mythology and short stories for children have been widely published. These stories reflect the children's ideas and interests and influences range from ancient mythology to television. In general, he offers no support for the plausibility of his theory beyond an ingenious argument from comparative mythology. For the past eight years, she has been teaching comparative mythology, a subject in which she has earned a doctorate. The walkers will enjoy their trek through landscapes filled with history, archaeology and mythology. Under his influence her interest in Irish folklore revived, and she began to study Irish mythology, taking her research into the field. He devoted much attention to comparative mythology and the comparative study of religions. Origin Late Middle English: from French mythologie, or via late Latin from Greek muthologia, from muthos ‘myth’ + -logia (see -logy).
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