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Synonyms
my·thol·o·gy (mĭ-thŏĺə-jē)

[French mythologie, from Late Latin mȳthologia, from Greek mūthologiā, story-telling, mūthos, story, + -logiā, -logy.]

noun: pl., -gies. 

    1. A body or collection of myths belonging to a people and addressing their origin, history, deities, ancestors, and heroes.
    2. 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)
  2. The field of scholarship dealing with the systematic collection and study of myths.

derivatives

my·thoĺo·gist
noun