mythology

CEFRB1

/mɪˈθɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A collection of traditional stories about gods, heroes, and origins.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution.

Examples

  • For some reason economic booms have names taken from Japanese mythology given to them.

  • In Greek mythology, Zeus is the son of Cronus.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Pervasive elements of a fictional universe that resemble a mythological universe.

  2. The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.

  3. The systematic collection and study of myths.

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In context

  • The story of a great flood is very common in world mythology.

  • This tongue-in-cheek episode is especially fun for people who don’t take their “X-Files” mythology seriously.

  • Straight people who do not know, or do not know that they know, any gays, can accept all the mythology about us that is paramount in the propaganda of our enemies.

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Origin

noun

First attested as Middle English in 1412. From Middle French mythologie, from Latin mythologia, from Ancient Greek μυθολογία (muthología, “legend”) μυθολογέω (muthologéō, “to tell tales”), from μυθολόγος (muthológos, “legend”), from μῦθος (mûthos, “story”) + λέγω (légō, “to say”). By surface analysis, myth + -ology or mytho- + -logy.