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   mythology

   /mɪˈθɒlədʒi/

   noun

   • 1. a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition: "tales from Greek mythology"
   • ▪ a set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution, or situation, especially when exaggerated or fictitious: "we look for change in our thirties, not in our forties, as popular mythology has it"
   • 2. the study of myths: "this field includes archaeology, comparative mythology, and folklore"

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. mythologer noun
   • 2. mythologist noun

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