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The [[word]] '''''mythology''''' (from Greek ''μυθολογία'' From the Ancient Greek μυθολογία ''mythología'', [[meaning]] "a story-telling, a legendary lore", from  μυθολογείν ''mythologein'' "to relate myths", from μύθος ''mythos'', meaning "narrative, speech, word, fact, story" λόγος ''logos'', meaning "speech, oration, [[discourse]], quote, story, study, [[reason]], [[argument]]". Refers to a body of [[myth]]s  that a particular [[culture]] believes to be true and that use the [[supernatural]] to interpret natural events and to explain the nature of the universe and humanity. '''Mythology''' also refers to the branch of [[knowledge]] dealing with the collection, study and interpretation of [[myth]]s, also known as mythography.

The [[word]] '''''mythology''''' (from Greek ''μυθολογία'' From the Ancient Greek μυθολογία ''mythología'', [[meaning]] "a story-telling, a legendary lore", from  μυθολογείν ''mythologein'' "to relate myths", from μύθος ''mythos'', meaning "narrative, speech, word, fact, story" λόγος ''logos'', meaning "speech, oration, [[discourse]], quote, story, study, [[reason]], [[argument]]". Refers to a body of [[myth]]s  that a particular [[culture]] believes to be true and that use the [[supernatural]] to interpret natural events and to explain the nature of the universe and humanity. '''Mythology''' also refers to the branch of [[knowledge]] dealing with the collection, study and interpretation of [[myth]]s, also known as mythography.

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Myth''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Myth '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Myth''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Myth '''''this link'''''].</center>

==Term==

==Term==

The term ''mythology''  has been in use since at least the 15th century, and means "the study or exposition of myths". The additional meaning of "body of myths" itself dates to 1781. (In extended use, the word can also refer to collective or personal [[ideology]] or received [[wisdom]], as in "At least since Tocqueville compared American society to 'a vast lottery', our mythology of business has celebrated risk-taking." The adjective ''mythical'' dates to 1678.  

The term ''mythology''  has been in use since at least the 15th century, and means "the study or exposition of myths". The additional meaning of "body of myths" itself dates to 1781. (In extended use, the word can also refer to collective or personal [[ideology]] or received [[wisdom]], as in "At least since Tocqueville compared American society to 'a vast lottery', our mythology of business has celebrated risk-taking." The adjective ''mythical'' dates to 1678.  

==Sources and further reading==

==Sources and further reading==

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* [http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00320409?query_type=word&queryword=myth&first=1&max_to_show=10&sort_type=alpha&result_place=1&search_id=zKVq-RFmgSJ-913&hilite=00320409 "myth"]. ''Oxford English Dictionary''. June 2003. Oxford UP. 12 March 2008.

* [https://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00320409?query_type=word&queryword=myth&first=1&max_to_show=10&sort_type=alpha&result_place=1&search_id=zKVq-RFmgSJ-913&hilite=00320409 "myth"]. ''Oxford English Dictionary''. June 2003. Oxford UP. 12 March 2008.

* [http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00320417?query_type=word&queryword=myth&first=1&max_to_show=10&sort_type=alpha&search_id=zKVq-RFmgSJ-913&result_place=1 "mythical"]. ''Oxford English Dictionary''. December 2007. Oxford UP. 12 March 2008.

* [https://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00320417?query_type=word&queryword=myth&first=1&max_to_show=10&sort_type=alpha&search_id=zKVq-RFmgSJ-913&result_place=1 "mythical"]. ''Oxford English Dictionary''. December 2007. Oxford UP. 12 March 2008.

* [http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00320471?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=mythology&first=1&max_to_show=10 "mythology"]. ''Oxford English Dictionary''. March 2008. Oxford UP. 12 March 2008.

* [https://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00320471?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=mythology&first=1&max_to_show=10 "mythology"]. ''Oxford English Dictionary''. March 2008. Oxford UP. 12 March 2008.

* [[Roland Barthes]], ''Mythologies'' (1957)  

* [[Roland Barthes]], ''Mythologies'' (1957)  

* Kees W. Bolle, ''The Freedom of Man in Myth''. Vanderbilt University Press, 1968.

* Kees W. Bolle, ''The Freedom of Man in Myth''. Vanderbilt University Press, 1968.

**''Philosophy of Revelation'', 1858.

**''Philosophy of Revelation'', 1858.

* Segal, Robert A. ''Myth: A Very Short Introduction''. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004

* Segal, Robert A. ''Myth: A Very Short Introduction''. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004

* Welker, Glenn. "Stories/Myths/Legends". 7 March 2008. Indigenous Peoples Literature. 14 August 2004 [http://www.indigenouspeople.net/stories.htm].

* Welker, Glenn. "Stories/Myths/Legends". 7 March 2008. Indigenous Peoples Literature. 14 August 2004 [https://www.indigenouspeople.net/stories.htm].

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==External links==

==External links==

* [http://englishatheist.org/folklore/fiskepreface.shtml Myths and Myth-Makers] Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by comparative mythology by John Fiske.

* [https://englishatheist.org/folklore/fiskepreface.shtml Myths and Myth-Makers] Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by comparative mythology by John Fiske.

* [http://www.mythologyweb.com/ www.mythologyweb.com] Information about myths, legends and folklore, as well as a message board.

* [https://www.mythologyweb.com/ www.mythologyweb.com] Information about myths, legends and folklore, as well as a message board.

* [http://www.timelessmyths.com Timeless Myths].

* [https://www.timelessmyths.com Timeless Myths].

* [http://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/ Winged Sandals] An interactive learning website.

* [https://www.abc.net.au/arts/wingedsandals/ Winged Sandals] An interactive learning website.

* [[:s:The New Student's Reference Work/Mythology|The New Student's Reference Work/Mythology]], ed. Beach (1914), at [[wikisource]].

* [[:s:The New Student's Reference Work/Mythology|The New Student's Reference Work/Mythology]], ed. Beach (1914), at [[wikisource]].