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mythology
mythology [Greek,=the telling of stories], the entire body of myths in a given tradition, and the study of myths. Students of anthropology, folklore, and religion study myths in different ways, distinguishing them from various other forms of popular, often orally transmitted, literature. Much of th... Read more
Momus
Momus , figure in Greek mythology. He was the personification of censure and mockery. ... Read more
peri
peri , in Persian mythology, supernatural being. Peris were said to be fallen angels who were denied paradise until they did penance. Originally agents of evil, in later mythology they were identified as benevolent spirits. ... Read more
Amphitrite
Amphitrite , in Greek mythology, queen of the sea; daughter of Nereus. She was the wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton. ... Read more
Etzel
Etzel , in Germanic mythology, king who corresponds to the historic Attila . In the Nibelungenlied he appears as Etzel and in the Volsungasaga as Atli. ... Read more
Harpy
Harpy in Greek mythology, winged women with sharp claws who snatched food, objects, or people. ... Read more
Hyperboreans
Hyperboreans , in Greek mythology, people dwelling in a state of perfect bliss in the Far North who were Apollo worshipers. ... Read more
Iris
Iris , in Greek mythology, goddess of the rainbow; daughter of Electra and Thaumas. She was often represented as a messenger of Zeus and Hera. ... Read more
Lethe
Lethe , in Greek mythology, river of forgetfulness in Hades. The dead drank from Lethe upon their arrival in the underworld. ... Read more
Tethys
Tethys in Greek religion and mythology, a Titan, daughter of Gaea and Uranus. She was the wife of the seagod Oceanus and the mother of the Oceanids. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "mythology"

mythology
Book article from: World Encyclopedia mythology Literally, telling of stories...seasons, birth, death and fate. Most mythologies have an established pantheon, or...anthropomorphic. See also African mythology ; Celtic mythology ; Central and South American mythology...
mythology and the body
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body mythology and the body The human body is essential...the most frequently found notions in mythology concerning the body is the association...are a few examples of this phenomenon. Mythology reveals a widespread, though not universal...
Oceanic mythology
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Oceanic mythology Traditional beliefs of the native inhabitants of Oceania . The mythological...Ancestor worship is also an important part of social life. In most Oceanic mythology, the concept of mana plays a fundamental role. Mana is seen as an...
Chinese mythology
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Chinese mythology During the Shang dynasty, divination by means of animal bones was used...the reduction of chaos to order. Later, in conjunction with popular mythology, there existed a formal Chinese pantheon ruled by a father-god...
North American mythology
Book article from: World Encyclopedia North American mythology Traditional beliefs of Native North Americans. Native North Americans displayed a great diversity of languages and cultures, but their mythologies had many common features. Among these was the concept of heroes...
Teutonic mythology
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Teutonic mythology Traditional beliefs of the Germanic peoples. Much of the mythology of pre-Christian Germany and Scandinavia is preserved in two Icelandic works, the Eddas. According to the Eddas, before the creation of the world there existed...
Assyro-Babylonian mythology
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Assyro-Babylonian mythology Early mythology of Mesopotamia. It described a cosmic order of heaven, Earth, and an underworld. Some 4000 deities and demons directed the physical and spiritual activities of the world.
Egyptian mythology
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Egyptian mythology Polytheistic mythology that developed in small agricultural communities, each with its own local deities, united under the Pharaohs. A vast pantheon of gods and a multiplicity of myths emerged. Each religious centre had its...
African mythology
Book article from: World Encyclopedia African mythology North Africans are predominantly Islamic, but the many peoples in...bring rain. Belief in magic proves more enduring than the traditional mythologies, which declined with the advance of Christianity and Islam .
Central and South American mythology
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Central and South American mythology Traditional beliefs of the native peoples of Mexico and Central and South America. The Aztecs had a rich and complex mythology, much of it based on the earlier cultures of the Toltecs and Mayas . The Aztecs...

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Mythology and Psychoanalysis
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...driven discontinuity, while mythology (myths) would be a "structure...instincts is so to say our mythology. Instincts are mythical entities...reality of desire. Thus the mythologies closest to the mental apparatus...strictly speaking, Greco-Roman mythology is the most prevalent. Germanic...
mythology
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...the god of wisdom and success in Hindu mythology | a book discussing Jewish and Christian mythologies. ∎  a set of stories...exaggerated or fictitious: in popular mythology, truckers are kings of the road. 2...
Myths
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...worse, Western mythology inherited this...related to their mythologies, they helped move...Indo-European mythologies, particularly...psychoanalytic theory to mythology in the broad sense...Roland. (1970). Mythologies . Paris: Seuil...to a science of mythology (vols. 1-4...
Select Bibliography
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology ...Constable, 1906. Ashe, Geoffrey . Mythology of the British Isles . London: Methuen...Bellingham, David . An Introduction to Celtic Mythology . London: Apple Press, 1990. Birkhan...Clarke, Lindsay . Essential Celtic Mythology . London, San Francisco: Thorsons...
Motherhood and Maternity
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...safety of children. Local mythologies suggest that the fourteen...Influenced by religious mythologies and local lore, classical...origins in Mexican history and mythology. La Malinche (also known...native Indians, popular mythologies view her as a traitor and...
Myth of the Hero
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...tales, Greek and Latin mythologies), and it can be confirmed...history of religion, mythology, and with the important...1969). Mythes et Mythologies dans la litt é...psychological interpretation of mythology (Gregory C. Richter...
Hierarchy and Order
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...mythological conceptions. Ancient Greek mythology and philosophy put forth this idea in...beings. The last idea is expressed in mythology by the concept of destiny, which defines...puzzling questions in Greek philosophy. In mythology this dialectic is described as a birth...
Vedic
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...applied to the language, literature, religion, mythology and ritual pertaining to the Veda . Generally...differences between the two religions are seen in their mythology and ritual. Vedic mythology presents a pantheon of deities many of which...
Müller, Max
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...to arguments about the origins of religion and mythology. In his view, mythology began in the human sense of the overpowering might...those who followed his views, ‘nature mythology’), with these powers early being...
cow
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...martyr of Carthage, who was gored by a mad heifer in her martyrdom. In Egyptian mythology, the goddess Hathor may be represented as a cow; in Greek mythology, Io was turned into a heifer by Zeus to protect her from Hera. why buy a cow when...

Thesaurus entries related to "mythology"

mythology
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus mythology • noun  no ancient culture is without its mythology synonyms : myth(s), legend(s), folklore, folk tales, folk stories, lore, tradition.
Elysium
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus Elysium • noun Greek Mythology  human souls conveyed to Elysium synonyms...afterlife, the next world, the hereafter; Scandinavian Mythology Valhalla; Classical Mythology the Islands of the Blessed; Arthurian Legend Avalon...
classical
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus classical • adjective   1. classical mythology synonyms : ancient Greek, Hellenic, Attic; Latin, ancient Roman.   2. classical music synonyms : traditional, long...
lore
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus lore • noun   1. Arthurian lore synonyms : mythology, myths, legends, stories, traditions, folklore, fables, oral tradition, mythos.   2. baseball lore synonyms : knowledge, learning, wisdom; informal know-how.
godlike
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus godlike • adjective  the godlike giants of Roman mythology synonyms : divine, godly, superhuman; angelic, seraphic; spiritual, heavenly, celestial; sacred, holy, saintly.
staff
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...crook.   3. a staff of office synonyms : rod, tipstaff, cane, mace, wand, scepter, crozier, verge; Greek Mythology caduceus. • verb  the center is staffed by teachers synonyms : man, people, crew, work, operate...
myth
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...ancient Greek myths synonyms : folk tale, folk story, legend, tale, story, fable, saga, mythos, lore, folklore, mythology.   2. the myths surrounding childbirth synonyms : misconception, fallacy, false notion, old wives' tale, fairy...
fury
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...forcefulness, power, strength. antonym: mildness.   3. she turned on her mother like a fury synonyms : virago, hellcat, termagant, spitfire, vixen, shrew, harridan, dragon, gorgon; ( Furies ) Greek Mythology Eumenides.
folklore
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus folklore • noun  Adrian is fascinated by the local folklore synonyms : mythology, lore, oral history, tradition, folk tradition; legends, fables, myths, folk tales, folk stories, old wives' tales; mythos.
fable
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...wary fox synonyms : moral tale, tale, parable, allegory.   2. the fables of ancient Greece synonyms : myth, legend, saga, epic, folk tale, folk story, fairy tale, mythos, folklore, mythology. See note at fiction.

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Handbook of Classical Mythology
Magazine article from: Journal of American Folklore; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...in paperback as Classical Mythology: A Guide to the Mythical...excellent Handbook of Classical Mythology, part of an ongoing ABC...of accessible handbooks on mythologies worldwide, offers a distinctive overview of Greek and Roman mythology. This book focuses on the...
Asian Mythologies.
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The wheatbelt in contemporary rural mythology.
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Imitative desire in Tolkien's mythology: a Girardian perspective.(J.R.R. Tolkien, Rene Girard)
Magazine article from: Mythlore; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...cautions his readers about those students of mythology who claim to have discovered the key...of myths: There are too many keys to mythology, as there are too many cryptograms in...Chesterton proposes is that the student of mythology ought to become a storyteller himself...
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Magazine article from: Journal of European Studies; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...ideological -- of Mythologies. He places the work...strategy'; (v) 'Mythology Today'. Also included...political reading of Mythologies, teasing out its ideological...the 1970 edition of Mythologies included a partial...s radicalization of mythology, even suggesting that...
The richness of mythology: historian of religion Wendy Doniger wants to restore the subversive and the exotic to the world's most enduring collection of stories. (interview)
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PR Newswire; 12/17/2002; 700+ words ; ...this holiday season, "Age of Mythology" is backed by a multimillion...on store shelves, "Age of Mythology" has garnered more than 30...Greek, Egyptian and Norse mythologies. "Age of Mythology" is the latest extension of...
Mythologies of witchcraft in the fifteenth century.
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Cultural mythology and global leadership.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2009; 544 words ; 9781847204035 Cultural mythology and global leadership. Ed. by Eric...to explore the role that cultural mythology can play in global business leadership...book superheroes; Canadian settler mythology; the syncretic Caribbean religions...