English-Thai Dictionary

mythology

N ตำนาน  tam-nan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MYTHOLOGY

n.[Gr. a fable, and discourse. ] A system of fables or fabulous opinions and doctrines respecting the deities which heathen nations have supposed to preside over the world or to influence the affairs of it.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MYTHOLOGY

My *thol "o *gy, n.; pl. Mythologies. Etym: [F. mythologie, L.mythologia, Gr.

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mythology

my thol o gy |məˈTHäləjē məˈθɑləʤi | ▶noun ( pl. mythologies ) 1 a collection of myths, esp. one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition: Ganesa was the god of wisdom and success in Hindu mythology | a book discussing Jewish and Christian mythologies. • a set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution, or situation, esp. when exaggerated or fictitious: in popular mythology, truckers are kings of the road. 2 the study of myths. DERIVATIVES my thol o ger |-jər |noun, my thol o gist |-jist |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from French mythologie, or via late Latin from Greek muthologia, from muthos ‘myth ’ + -logia (see -logy ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

mythology

myth |ology |mɪˈθɒlədʒi | ▶noun ( pl. mythologies ) [ mass noun ] 1 a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition: tales from Greek mythology | [ count noun ] : Jewish and Christian mythologies. • a set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution, or situation, especially when exaggerated or fictitious: we look for change in our thirties, not in our forties, as popular mythology has it. 2 the study of myths. DERIVATIVES mythologer noun, mythologist noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from French mythologie, or via late Latin from Greek muthologia, from muthos ‘myth ’ + -logia (see -logy ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mythology

mythology noun no ancient culture is without its mythology: myth (s ), legend (s ), folklore, folk tales, folk stories, lore, tradition.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mythology

mythology noun myth (s ), legend (s ), folklore, folk tales, folk stories, lore, tradition, stories, tales; technical mythos.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mythology

my thol o gy /mɪθɑ́lədʒi |-θɔ́l -/名詞 複 -gies 1 U 神話学 .2 U 〖集合的に 〗神話 ; C 神話集 ▸ Greek mythology ギリシャ神話 3 U ｟比喩的に ｠神話, 迷信 .