mythology
/mɪˈθɒlədʒɪ/noun
(pl. -ies) ［mass noun］
1
- a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition总称（尤指属于特定宗教或文化传统的）神话：
Ganesa was the god of wisdom and success in Hindu mythology
在印度神话中, 象头神是智慧和成功之神
count noun a book discussing Jewish and Christian mythologies.一本讨论犹太教和基督教神话的书。
1.1
- a set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution, or situation, especially when exaggerated or fictitious虚夸不实之词; 不符合事实的看法; 荒诞无稽之谈：
we look for change in our thirties, not in our forties, as popular mythology has it.
我们在30多岁时寻求改变, 而不是像流行的错误说法所说的那样, 在40几岁才那么做。
2
- the study of myths神话学。
派生词
mythologer
nounmythologic
adjectivemythological
adjectivemythologically
adverbmythologist
noun词源
late Middle English: from French mythologie, or via late Latin from Greek muthologia, from muthos 'myth' + -logia （see -LOGY）.