mythology Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
  2. noun the study of myths

WordNet

My*thol"o*gy noun
Etymology
F. mythologie, L. mythologia, Gr. , , fable, myth + speech, discourse.
Wordforms
plural Mythologies
Definitions
  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 1913