mythologyn.

Brit.

/mᵻˈθɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/məˈθɑlədʒi/

Forms: late Middle English methologe, late Middle English methologie, late Middle English mithologie, 1600s mithology, 1600s muthology, 1600s mythiology, 1600s mythologie, 1600s– mythology.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French mythologie; Latin mythologia.

Etymology: < Middle French mythologie (1403) or its etymon post-classical Latin mythologia exposition of myths (late 5th cent. in plural, mythologiae , as the title of a work attributed to the Christian writer Fulgentius, and widely read in the Middle Ages as a source for classical myths) < ancient Greek μυθολογία romance, fiction, story-telling (Plato) < μυθο- mytho- comb. form + -λογία -logy comb. form.

†1.

a. The exposition of a myth or myths; the interpretation of fables; a book of such expositions. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > interpretation of myths

mythologyc1425

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 2487 (MED) Þis god..is descriued in Fulgence, In þe book of his methologies.

c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 159 I wil..sent ȝou if ȝe list to lerne mor of þis mater on to a book cleped mithologie fulgencii.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 381 (MED) Poetes feynede mony thynges, as hit is schewede in Methologe of Fulgentius [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. Mythologia Fulgentii] and of Alexander.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Mythologie, a declaration of fables, an expounding or moralizing upon a tale.

b. The symbolic or allegorical meaning of a fable, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > a fable, myth > hidden meaning of

mythology1603

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1302 The Muthology of this fable..accordeth covertly, with the trueth of Nature.

1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence xxvii. 89 A Country Man in Spain coming to an Image enshrined..You need not (quoth he) be so proud, for we have known you from a Plum-tree: Have a care you do not find the Mythology in your self.

1701 Laconics (new ed.) iii. liii. 95 It has been an old Remark..that Opinio is of the Feminine Gender... The Grammatical observation is not worth a Farthing, but a wholesome Mythology's couch'd under it.

1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 152 Those [sc. Whig and Tory] were the Appellatives; but the Mythology was Seditious and Loyal.

†2. A mythical story, a myth. In early use more widely: a parable, an allegory. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [noun]

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byworda1557

mythology1603

Aesopism1845

exemplum1883

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > allegory > an allegory

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > a mythical story or myth

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1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Mythologie, a fabulous Narration: or the delivery of matters by way of fables and tales.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 220 By which prety fable..is covertly couched by a Mythiology that there lie hidden in these Ilands, veines or mines of Mettals.

1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions iv. 21 Wee finde some roome in the holy Scriptures for Mythologies; as that of the Vine, the Fig-tree, and the Bramble.

1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. v. 88 Any Poetasters may make the like Mythologies from Esops Fables.

1668 P. M. Myst. & Miracles Love iv. 54 in W. Charleton Ephesian & Cimmerian Matrons The very Extravagances thereof in love have been approved by Venus herself, in that she infused warmth and life into Pygmalions Eburnea. That, you'll say was a fiction: yet the Mythology may serve to justifie our Inamorato.

1732 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière Forc'd Marriage iv. 43 in Sel. Comedies VII A Man learned, most learned... A man that possesses superlative Fables, Mythologies, and Histories.

1850 R. W. Emerson Goethe in Representative Men vii. 268 What new mythologies sail through his head!

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 2 We call Mythologies those poems of pure thought and fancy, cadenced not in words, but in living imagery.

a. As a mass noun: mythical stories or traditional beliefs collectively; myth.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > allegory

allegoryc1384

mythology1646

paradigm1943

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > a mythical story or myth > collection of

mythology1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. viii. 30 All which [sc. the accounts of Sir J. Maundeville] may..afforde commendable mythologie, but..containeth impossibilities, and things inconsistent with truth.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. ii. 37 The Modesty of Mythology deserves to be commended... 'Tis once upon a time, in the Days of Yore, and in the Land of Vtopia.

1732 T. Sheridan Wonderfull Wonder in J. Swift Misc. III. ii. 65 The Heathen Religion is mostly couched under Mythology.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xv. 504 The fall of any system of mythology will most probably be succeeded by the introduction of some other mode of superstition.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. iii. 49 Mythology may be regarded as the poetry of religion,—or rather as the poetic development of the religious principle in a primitive age.

1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage xxiii. 221 They caused it to be as a craved treasure of mythology, hung amid tasks and contrivances of danger.

1941 Harper's Mag. Jan. 185/2 The werewolf along with the whole concept of lycanthropy belongs to mythology and superstition.

1956 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. (1995) 238 I do not think it would have the appeal of the L.R.—no hobbits! Full of mythology and elvishness.

1998 Church Times 4 Dec. 12/5 Druidry draws its inspiration from..the Celtic pagan tradition, and explores healing, divination and sacred mythology.

b. A body or collection of myths, esp. those relating to a particular person or thing, or belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun]

fablea1400

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mythos1844

myth-kitty1955

the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [noun] > popular or unreasonable belief

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1718 Free-thinker No. 7. 1 His Conversation was tinctured throughout with the Ancient Mythology.

1720 A. Pope in tr. Homer Iliad V. xxi. Observ. 121 If the Reader still should think the Fiction of Rivers speaking and fighting is too bold, the Objection will vanish by considering how much the Heathen Mythology authorizes the Representation of Rivers as Persons.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xv. 112 This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep.

1823 C. Lamb Old Benchers in Elia 205 Fantastic forms..who made up to me—to my childish eyes—the mythology of the Temple.

1830 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets 74 The Mythology..of the Iliad, purely pagan as it is.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iv. 61 The songs of Merlin, and the tender and delicious mythology of Arthur.

1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xiv. 264 In Norse mythology the earth trembles when Loki moves.

1987 Observer 8 Feb. 11/2 A mythology of Gambon stories keeps colleagues on an edge of fear and pleasure about what he might do next.

c. In extended use: the received wisdom concerning a particular subject; the collective or personal ideology or set of beliefs which underpins or informs a particular point of view.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > opinion held by group > [noun]

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mythology1949

1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four ii. 155 She only questioned the teachings of the Party when they in some way touched upon her own life. Often she was ready to accept the official mythology.

1951 N. Frye Archetypes of Literature in Kenyon Rev. 13 98 More important is the fact that every poet has his private mythology..of much of which he is quite unconscious.

1975 Times 22 Sept. 13/2 Not all private [pension] schemes were in fact as generous as popular mythology suggested.

1985 New Yorker 19 Aug. 28/3 To the mistrustful Mrs. Naismith, Olive O'Hagen was a wonder... An orphan who did not bolt her food, let alone ask for more! Mrs. Naismith's mythology was stood on its head.

2000 New Republic 29 May 36/3 At least since Tocqueville compared American society to ‘a vast lottery’, our mythology of business has celebrated risk-taking.

4. The branch of knowledge that deals with myths; the study of myths.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > study of myths

mythology1809

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mythograph1904

1809 R. K. Porter Travelling Sketches Russia & Sweden I. vi. 48 Professors of..mythology, and iconology.

1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 646/2 The science of comparative mythology.

1889 I. Taylor Origin Aryans vi. 316 Mannhardt..has been obliged to confess that comparative mythology has not borne the fruit that was at one time expected.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 574/2 From this requirement sprang the sciences of grammar, prosody, lexicography, mythology and archaeology.

1957 New Yorker 18 May 26/1 We called up Mr. Wasson to find out how he had strayed from mythology into ethnomycology.

1990 EastWest Dec. 42/1 Others feeling the same urgency have asked Gimbutas to prepare a collection of her articles on mythology as well.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mythology
释义	mythologyn. Brit. /mᵻˈθɒlədʒi/, U.S. /məˈθɑlədʒi/ Forms: late Middle English methologe, late Middle English methologie, late Middle English mithologie, 1600s mithology, 1600s muthology, 1600s mythiology, 1600s mythologie, 1600s– mythology. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French mythologie; Latin mythologia. Etymology: < Middle French mythologie (1403) or its etymon post-classical Latin mythologia exposition of myths (late 5th cent. in plural, mythologiae , as the title of a work attributed to the Christian writer Fulgentius, and widely read in the Middle Ages as a source for classical myths) < ancient Greek μυθολογία romance, fiction, story-telling (Plato) < μυθο- mytho- comb. form + -λογία -logy comb. form. †1. a. The exposition of a myth or myths; the interpretation of fables; a book of such expositions. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > interpretation of myths mythologyc1425 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 2487 (MED) Þis god..is descriued in Fulgence, In þe book of his methologies. c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 159 I wil..sent ȝou if ȝe list to lerne mor of þis mater on to a book cleped mithologie fulgencii. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 381 (MED) Poetes feynede mony thynges, as hit is schewede in Methologe of Fulgentius [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. Mythologia Fulgentii] and of Alexander. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Mythologie, a declaration of fables, an expounding or moralizing upon a tale. b. The symbolic or allegorical meaning of a fable, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > a fable, myth > hidden meaning of mythology1603 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1302 The Muthology of this fable..accordeth covertly, with the trueth of Nature. 1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence xxvii. 89 A Country Man in Spain coming to an Image enshrined..You need not (quoth he) be so proud, for we have known you from a Plum-tree: Have a care you do not find the Mythology in your self. 1701 Laconics (new ed.) iii. liii. 95 It has been an old Remark..that Opinio is of the Feminine Gender... The Grammatical observation is not worth a Farthing, but a wholesome Mythology's couch'd under it. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 152 Those [sc. Whig and Tory] were the Appellatives; but the Mythology was Seditious and Loyal. †2. A mythical story, a myth. In early use more widely: a parable, an allegory. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [noun] byspelc950 by-talea1300 forbyseninga1300 fable1340 parablec1384 similitudea1425 examplec1425 allegoryc1450 problema1500 apologuea1555 byworda1557 mythology1603 Aesopism1845 exemplum1883 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > allegory > an allegory likenessc1175 parablec1250 proverbc1384 similitudea1425 allegoryc1450 semblable1547 allusion1548 mythology1603 parabolic1829 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > a mythical story or myth fablea1400 mythologica1631 mythos1753 mythologue1792 mythus1825 myth1830 mythology1873 mythologem1884 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Mythologie, a fabulous Narration: or the delivery of matters by way of fables and tales. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 220 By which prety fable..is covertly couched by a Mythiology that there lie hidden in these Ilands, veines or mines of Mettals. 1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions iv. 21 Wee finde some roome in the holy Scriptures for Mythologies; as that of the Vine, the Fig-tree, and the Bramble. 1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. v. 88 Any Poetasters may make the like Mythologies from Esops Fables. 1668 P. M. Myst. & Miracles Love iv. 54 in W. Charleton Ephesian & Cimmerian Matrons The very Extravagances thereof in love have been approved by Venus herself, in that she infused warmth and life into Pygmalions Eburnea. That, you'll say was a fiction: yet the Mythology may serve to justifie our Inamorato. 1732 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière Forc'd Marriage iv. 43 in Sel. Comedies VII A Man learned, most learned... A man that possesses superlative Fables, Mythologies, and Histories. 1850 R. W. Emerson Goethe in Representative Men vii. 268 What new mythologies sail through his head! 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 2 We call Mythologies those poems of pure thought and fancy, cadenced not in words, but in living imagery. 3. a. As a mass noun: mythical stories or traditional beliefs collectively; myth. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > allegory allegoryc1384 mythology1646 paradigm1943 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > a mythical story or myth > collection of mythology1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. viii. 30 All which [sc. the accounts of Sir J. Maundeville] may..afforde commendable mythologie, but..containeth impossibilities, and things inconsistent with truth. View more context for this quotation 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. ii. 37 The Modesty of Mythology deserves to be commended... 'Tis once upon a time, in the Days of Yore, and in the Land of Vtopia. 1732 T. Sheridan Wonderfull Wonder in J. Swift Misc. III. ii. 65 The Heathen Religion is mostly couched under Mythology. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xv. 504 The fall of any system of mythology will most probably be succeeded by the introduction of some other mode of superstition. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. iii. 49 Mythology may be regarded as the poetry of religion,—or rather as the poetic development of the religious principle in a primitive age. 1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage xxiii. 221 They caused it to be as a craved treasure of mythology, hung amid tasks and contrivances of danger. 1941 Harper's Mag. Jan. 185/2 The werewolf along with the whole concept of lycanthropy belongs to mythology and superstition. 1956 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. (1995) 238 I do not think it would have the appeal of the L.R.—no hobbits! Full of mythology and elvishness. 1998 Church Times 4 Dec. 12/5 Druidry draws its inspiration from..the Celtic pagan tradition, and explores healing, divination and sacred mythology. b. A body or collection of myths, esp. those relating to a particular person or thing, or belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] fablea1400 mythology1718 mythos1844 myth-kitty1955 the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [noun] > popular or unreasonable belief superstition1771 mythology1823 folk faith1850 folklore1954 1718 Free-thinker No. 7. 1 His Conversation was tinctured throughout with the Ancient Mythology. 1720 A. Pope in tr. Homer Iliad V. xxi. Observ. 121 If the Reader still should think the Fiction of Rivers speaking and fighting is too bold, the Objection will vanish by considering how much the Heathen Mythology authorizes the Representation of Rivers as Persons. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xv. 112 This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep. 1823 C. Lamb Old Benchers in Elia 205 Fantastic forms..who made up to me—to my childish eyes—the mythology of the Temple. 1830 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets 74 The Mythology..of the Iliad, purely pagan as it is. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iv. 61 The songs of Merlin, and the tender and delicious mythology of Arthur. 1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xiv. 264 In Norse mythology the earth trembles when Loki moves. 1987 Observer 8 Feb. 11/2 A mythology of Gambon stories keeps colleagues on an edge of fear and pleasure about what he might do next. c. In extended use: the received wisdom concerning a particular subject; the collective or personal ideology or set of beliefs which underpins or informs a particular point of view. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > opinion held by group > [noun] voice?a1400 received opinion1440 vote1562 sense1563 minda1586 opinion1598 breath1610 vogue1626 climate1661 received idea1697 mass mind1922 idée reçue1933 mythology1949 1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four ii. 155 She only questioned the teachings of the Party when they in some way touched upon her own life. Often she was ready to accept the official mythology. 1951 N. Frye Archetypes of Literature in Kenyon Rev. 13 98 More important is the fact that every poet has his private mythology..of much of which he is quite unconscious. 1975 Times 22 Sept. 13/2 Not all private [pension] schemes were in fact as generous as popular mythology suggested. 1985 New Yorker 19 Aug. 28/3 To the mistrustful Mrs. Naismith, Olive O'Hagen was a wonder... An orphan who did not bolt her food, let alone ask for more! Mrs. Naismith's mythology was stood on its head. 2000 New Republic 29 May 36/3 At least since Tocqueville compared American society to ‘a vast lottery’, our mythology of business has celebrated risk-taking. 4. The branch of knowledge that deals with myths; the study of myths. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > study of myths mythology1809 mythonomy1876 mythography1882 mythogony1889 mythograph1904 1809 R. K. Porter Travelling Sketches Russia & Sweden I. vi. 48 Professors of..mythology, and iconology. 1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 646/2 The science of comparative mythology. 1889 I. Taylor Origin Aryans vi. 316 Mannhardt..has been obliged to confess that comparative mythology has not borne the fruit that was at one time expected. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 574/2 From this requirement sprang the sciences of grammar, prosody, lexicography, mythology and archaeology. 1957 New Yorker 18 May 26/1 We called up Mr. Wasson to find out how he had strayed from mythology into ethnomycology. 1990 EastWest Dec. 42/1 Others feeling the same urgency have asked Gimbutas to prepare a collection of her articles on mythology as well. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1425
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