mythology

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• Received-Pronunciation: mĭthôlôjē
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• Received-Pronunciation: /mɪˈθɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
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• US: /mɪˈθɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
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First attested as Middle English in 1412. From Middle French mythologie, from Latin mȳthologia, 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.

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: mitologie — myths of a people
• Arabic: عِلْم اَلْأَسَاطِير (ʕilm al-ʔasāṭīr) — myths of a people
• Aragonese: mitolochía — myths of a people
• Azerbaijani: mifologiya — myths of a people
• Azerbaijani: əsatir — myths of a people
• Azerbaijani: əsatirlik — myths of a people
• Basque: mitologia — myths of a people
• Bulgarian: митология (mitologija) — myths of a people
• Catalan: mitologia — myths of a people
• Chinese Mandarin: 神話 /神话 (shénhuà) — myths of a people
• Chuvash: халапсем (halapsem) — myths of a people
• Czech: mytologie — myths of a people
• Czech: bájesloví — myths of a people
• Dutch: mythologie — myths of a people
• Estonian: mütoloogia — myths of a people
• Finnish: tarusto — myths of a people
• Finnish: mytologia — myths of a people
• Finnish: jumalaistarusto — myths of a people
• French: mythologie — myths of a people
• Galician: mitoloxía — myths of a people
• Georgian: მითოლოგია (mitologia) — myths of a people
• German: Mythologie — myths of a people
• German: Sagenwelt — myths of a people
• German: Götterlehre — myths of a people
• Greek: μυθολογία (mythología) — myths of a people
• Indonesian: mitologi — myths of a people
• Irish: déscéalaíocht — myths of a people
• Italian: mitologia — myths of a people
• Japanese: 神話 (shinwá) — myths of a people
• Kazakh: aŋızdar — myths of a people
• Khmer: ទេវកថា (teivea’ ka’thaa) — myths of a people
• Korean: 신화 (sinhwa) — myths of a people
• Latin: mythologia — myths of a people
• Latvian: mitoloģija — myths of a people
• Maltese: mitoloġija — myths of a people
• Occitan: mitologia — myths of a people
• Polish: mitologia — myths of a people
• Portuguese: mitologia — myths of a people
• Romanian: mitologie — myths of a people
• Russian: мифоло́гия (mifológija) — myths of a people
• Russian: ми́фы (mífy) — myths of a people
• Scots: meethologie — myths of a people
• Serbo-Croatian: mitològija — myths of a people
• Lower Sorbian: mytologija — myths of a people
• Upper Sorbian: mytologija — myths of a people
• Spanish: mitología — myths of a people
• Swedish: mytologi — myths of a people
• Tajik: асотир (asotir) — myths of a people
• Turkish: mitoloji — myths of a people
• Turkmen: mifologiýa — myths of a people
• Ukrainian: міфоло́гія (mifolóhija) — myths of a people
• Ukrainian: мітоло́гія (mitolóhija) — myths of a people
• Vietnamese: thần thoại — myths of a people
• Welsh: chwedloniaeth — myths of a people
• Finnish: kertomus — myths concerning an event, person or institution
• Finnish: tarina — myths concerning an event, person or institution
• Indonesian: mitologi — myths concerning an event, person or institution
• Korean: 신화 (sinhwa) — myths concerning an event, person or institution
• Latvian: mitoloģija — myths concerning an event, person or institution
• Polish: mitologia — myths concerning an event, person or institution
• Serbo-Croatian: митоло̀гија — myths concerning an event, person or institution
• Serbo-Croatian: mitològija — myths concerning an event, person or institution
• Swedish: mytologi — myths concerning an event, person or institution
• Turkish: mitoloji — myths concerning an event, person or institution
• Finnish: myytistö — pervasive elements of a fictional universe
• Afrikaans: mitologie — collection and study of myths
• Albanian: mitologjia — collection and study of myths
• Arabic: مِيثُولُوجِيَا (miṯulūjiyā) — collection and study of myths
• Armenian: դիցաբանություն (dicʻabanutʻyun) — collection and study of myths
• Azerbaijani: mifologiya — collection and study of myths
• Basque: mitologia — collection and study of myths
• Belarusian: міфало́гія (mifalóhija) — collection and study of myths
• Bulgarian: митоло́гия (mitológija) — collection and study of myths
• Catalan: mitologia — collection and study of myths
• Chinese Mandarin: 神話學 /神话学 (shénhuàxué) — collection and study of myths
• Czech: mytologie — collection and study of myths
• Czech: mythologie — collection and study of myths
• Danish: mytologi — collection and study of myths
• Dutch: mythologie — collection and study of myths
• Esperanto: mitologio — collection and study of myths
• Estonian: mütoloogia — collection and study of myths
• Faroese: gudalæra — collection and study of myths
• Finnish: mytologia — collection and study of myths
• Finnish: myyttien tutkimus — collection and study of myths
• French: mythologie — collection and study of myths
• Georgian: მითოლოგია (mitologia) — collection and study of myths
• German: Mythologie — collection and study of myths
• German: Sagenwelt — collection and study of myths
• German: Götterlehre — collection and study of myths
• German: Mythologie — collection and study of myths
• Greek: μυθολογία (mythología) — collection and study of myths
• Hebrew: מיתולוגיה (mitologia) — collection and study of myths
• Hungarian: mitológia — collection and study of myths
• Ido: mitologio — collection and study of myths
• Indonesian: mitologi — collection and study of myths
• Indonesian: ilmu mitos — collection and study of myths
• Italian: mitologia — collection and study of myths
• Japanese: 神話学 (shinwagaku) — collection and study of myths
• Khmer: ទេវកថាវិទ្យា (teivea’ka’thaa vityie) — collection and study of myths
• Korean: 신화학 (sinhwahak) — collection and study of myths
• Latin: mythologia — collection and study of myths
• Latvian: mitoloģija — collection and study of myths
• Lithuanian: mitologija — collection and study of myths
• Luxembourgish: Mythologie — collection and study of myths
• Malay: kaji mitos — collection and study of myths
• Malay: mitologi — collection and study of myths
• Maltese: mitoloġija — collection and study of myths
• Polish: mitologia — collection and study of myths
• Portuguese: mitologia — collection and study of myths
• Romanian: mitologie — collection and study of myths
• Romanian: colecție mitologică — collection and study of myths
• Russian: мифоло́гия (mifológija) — collection and study of myths
• Scots: meethologie — collection and study of myths
• Serbo-Croatian: митоло̀гија — collection and study of myths
• Serbo-Croatian: mitològija — collection and study of myths
• Slovak: mytológia — collection and study of myths
• Slovene: mitologija — collection and study of myths
• Spanish: mitología — collection and study of myths
• Swahili: mitholojia — collection and study of myths
• Swedish: mytologi — collection and study of myths
• Tajik: ривоятҳо (rivoyatho) — collection and study of myths
• Turkish: mitoloji — collection and study of myths
• Turkmen: mifologiýa — collection and study of myths
• Ukrainian: міфоло́гія (mifolóhija) — collection and study of myths
• Walloon: mitolodjeye — collection and study of myths
• Welsh: mytholeg — collection and study of myths