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''' Mythology ''' (mi-thol-uh-jee)

''' Mythology ''' (mi-thol-uh-jee) The word comes from the Greek "mythos" which means "fable" or "legend". Mythology is a collection of myths.

1.  The English word myth comes from the Greek muthos ("utterance" or "speech") and is a narrative and expression of the sacred. Traditionally, myths function as a model for human activity, society, wisdom, and knowledge. Mythology is a collection of myths. [http://pages.sbcglobal.net/amun_ra/myth.htm]

 

1.  The English word "myth", in another view could come from the Greek ''muthos'' ("utterance" or "speech") and is a narrative and expression of the sacred. Traditionally, myths function as a model for human activity, society, wisdom, and knowledge. [http://pages.sbcglobal.net/amun_ra/myth.htm]

2.  A traditional story or legend, usually concerning some superhuman being or some alleged person or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially those concerned with deities or demigods and the creation of the world and its in habitants. [http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/2938/poly3.html]

2.  A traditional story or legend, usually concerning some superhuman being or some alleged person or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially those concerned with deities or demigods and the creation of the world and its in habitants. [http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/2938/poly3.html]