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my·thol·o·gy  (m  -th  l   -j  ) KEY NOUN: pl. my·thol·o·gies
- A body or collection of myths belonging to a people and addressing their origin, history, deities, ancestors, and heroes.
- A body of myths associated with an event, individual, or institution: "A new mythology, essential to the . . . American funeral rite, has grown up" (Jessica Mitford).
- The field of scholarship dealing with the systematic collection and study of myths.
ETYMOLOGY:French mythologie, from Late Latin m thologia, from Greek m thologi , story-telling : mthos, story + -logi, -logyOTHER FORMS:my·tholo·gist(Noun)
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