Definition of Mithology

Definition of Mithology

My*thol"o*gy (?), n.; pl. Mythologies (#). [F. mythologie, L. mythologia, Gr. myqologi`a; my^qos, fable, myth + lo`gos speech, discourse.] 1. The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.

2. A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its
origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished
from the true accounts which it invents later.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

(countable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning their origin, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.
(countable) A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution.
(uncountable) The systematic collection and study of myths.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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