mythosn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪθɒs/,

/ˈmʌɪθɒs/, U.S.

/ˈmɪˌθoʊs/

Forms: Plural 1700s– mythoi Brit.

/ˈmɪθɔɪ/,

/ˈmʌɪθɔɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪˌθɔɪ/,

/ˈmaɪˌθɔɪ/.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μῦθος.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μῦθος speech, narrative, fiction, myth, plot, further etymology unknown. Compare earlier mythic adj., and later mythus n., myth n. N.E.D. (1908) gives only the pronunciation (məi·þǫs) /ˈmaɪθɒs/.

1. = myth n. 1a. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

fablea1400

mythologica1631

mythos1753

mythologue1792

mythus1825

myth1830

mythology1873

mythologem1884

1753 S. Shuckford Creation & Fall of Man Pref. xxi Of this Sort we generally find the Mythoi told of them.

1803 G. S. Faber Diss. Myst. Cabiri I. 324 I cannot but be persuaded that the poem of Homer at least is a mere mythos.

1865 J. S. Mill Auguste Comte 27 A God concerning whom no mythos..had yet been invented.

1876 Contemp. Rev. June 113 The..mythos of Demeter and Persephoné.

1990 P. Allardice Myths, Gods & Fantasy (BNC) 127 The Samoan people explain the mythos of Creation as follows.

2. A body of interconnected myths or stories, esp. those belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition. More generally: an ideology, a set of beliefs (personal or collective). Cf. mythology n. 3b, 3c.

ΘΚΠ

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

fablea1400

mythology1718

mythos1844

myth-kitty1955

1844 C. W. Eimi in U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Oct. 408 We dare not claim to be a ‘genius’; that name is too sacred in the mythos of human hope.

1885 N. Amer. Rev. June 576 The philosophy of race-development, progress, or solidarity might be called an Etré [sic] or Being; but this mythos could excite no more pathos in an intelligent mind than understanding the elements of society.

1930 Philos. Rev. 39 125 Every religion is rich in dramatic expression, in its mythos and in its ritual.

1946 ‘G. Orwell’ in Polemic Jan. 5 The poisonous effect of the Russian mythos on English intellectual life.

1975 J. I. M. Stewart Young Pattullo ix. 213 This anecdote particularly pleased Bedworth; it answered to some private mythos of his own.

1991 Whole Earth Rev. Summer 64/2 Language carries the ideas by which a nation defines itself as a people. Language gives voice to a nation's stories, its mythos.

3. Literary Criticism. The general structuring of events presented in a text, esp. interpreted with regard to certain archetypal themes or patterns.The term appears in Aristotle's Poetics (1449^b5, 1450^a4, 1451^a16), where it is used with reference to ancient Greek drama. It was adopted in the formalist criticism of Northrop Frye (1912–91), who applied it more broadly to any narrative form.

ΚΠ

1953 Mod. Lang. Notes 68 52 This blindness arises partly from the fact that plot is thought of merely as ‘story’ or ‘intrigue’ (the Greek mythos).]

1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 52 Mythoi or plot-formulas.

1978 Dædalus Summer 62 The well-ordered pattern of fictional narrative, the Aristotelian mythos, is replaced in autobiography by a much more loosely organized one.

1983 T. Eagleton Lit. Theory iii. 92 At the root of all literature lay four ‘narrative categories’..which could be seen to correspond respectively to the four mythoi of spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

1986 Word 37 97 This..incident illustrates how a text includes the mythos; it is one link in the chain of events.

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

单词	mythos
释义	mythosn. Brit. /ˈmɪθɒs/, /ˈmʌɪθɒs/, U.S. /ˈmɪˌθoʊs/ Forms: Plural 1700s– mythoi Brit. /ˈmɪθɔɪ/, /ˈmʌɪθɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈmɪˌθɔɪ/, /ˈmaɪˌθɔɪ/. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μῦθος. Etymology: < ancient Greek μῦθος speech, narrative, fiction, myth, plot, further etymology unknown. Compare earlier mythic adj., and later mythus n., myth n. N.E.D. (1908) gives only the pronunciation (məi·þǫs) /ˈmaɪθɒs/. 1. = myth n. 1a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > a mythical story or myth fablea1400 mythologica1631 mythos1753 mythologue1792 mythus1825 myth1830 mythology1873 mythologem1884 1753 S. Shuckford Creation & Fall of Man Pref. xxi Of this Sort we generally find the Mythoi told of them. 1803 G. S. Faber Diss. Myst. Cabiri I. 324 I cannot but be persuaded that the poem of Homer at least is a mere mythos. 1865 J. S. Mill Auguste Comte 27 A God concerning whom no mythos..had yet been invented. 1876 Contemp. Rev. June 113 The..mythos of Demeter and Persephoné. 1990 P. Allardice Myths, Gods & Fantasy (BNC) 127 The Samoan people explain the mythos of Creation as follows. 2. A body of interconnected myths or stories, esp. those belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition. More generally: an ideology, a set of beliefs (personal or collective). Cf. mythology n. 3b, 3c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] fablea1400 mythology1718 mythos1844 myth-kitty1955 1844 C. W. Eimi in U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Oct. 408 We dare not claim to be a ‘genius’; that name is too sacred in the mythos of human hope. 1885 N. Amer. Rev. June 576 The philosophy of race-development, progress, or solidarity might be called an Etré [sic] or Being; but this mythos could excite no more pathos in an intelligent mind than understanding the elements of society. 1930 Philos. Rev. 39 125 Every religion is rich in dramatic expression, in its mythos and in its ritual. 1946 ‘G. Orwell’ in Polemic Jan. 5 The poisonous effect of the Russian mythos on English intellectual life. 1975 J. I. M. Stewart Young Pattullo ix. 213 This anecdote particularly pleased Bedworth; it answered to some private mythos of his own. 1991 Whole Earth Rev. Summer 64/2 Language carries the ideas by which a nation defines itself as a people. Language gives voice to a nation's stories, its mythos. 3. Literary Criticism. The general structuring of events presented in a text, esp. interpreted with regard to certain archetypal themes or patterns.The term appears in Aristotle's Poetics (1449^b5, 1450^a4, 1451^a16), where it is used with reference to ancient Greek drama. It was adopted in the formalist criticism of Northrop Frye (1912–91), who applied it more broadly to any narrative form. ΚΠ 1953 Mod. Lang. Notes 68 52 This blindness arises partly from the fact that plot is thought of merely as ‘story’ or ‘intrigue’ (the Greek mythos).] 1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 52 Mythoi or plot-formulas. 1978 Dædalus Summer 62 The well-ordered pattern of fictional narrative, the Aristotelian mythos, is replaced in autobiography by a much more loosely organized one. 1983 T. Eagleton Lit. Theory iii. 92 At the root of all literature lay four ‘narrative categories’..which could be seen to correspond respectively to the four mythoi of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. 1986 Word 37 97 This..incident illustrates how a text includes the mythos; it is one link in the chain of events. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1753
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