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The synonyms of “Mythology” are: myth, myths, legend, legends, folklore, folk tales, folk stories, lore, tradition, stories, tales
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “mythology” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| folk stories | The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community. |
| folk tales | The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community. |
| folklore | The traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed through the generations by word of mouth. Hollywood folklore. |
| legend | An inscription, especially on a coin or medal. According to legend he banished all the snakes from Ireland. |
| legends | Brief description accompanying an illustration. |
| lore | A body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth. Baseball lore. |
| myth | A widely held but false belief or idea. Ancient Celtic myths. |
| myths | A traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people. |
| stories | A record or narrative description of past events. The story of exposure to lead. |
| tales | A writ for summoning substitute jurors when the original jury has become deficient in number. |
| tradition | An artistic or literary method or style established by an artist, writer, or movement, and subsequently followed by others. Japan s unique cultural traditions. |
| avatar | An icon or figure representing a particular person in a video game, internet forum, etc. The very avatar of cunning. |
| centaur | A creature with the head, arms, and torso of a man and the body and legs of a horse. |
| chimera | (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion’s head and a goat’s body and a serpent’s tail; daughter of Typhon. The economic sovereignty you claim to defend is a chimera. |
| deification | The elevation of a person (as to the status of a god. The capitalists deification of capital. |
| deity | A god or goddess (in a polytheistic religion. Also on show is a bronze falcon deity. |
| dryad | A deity or nymph of the woods. |
| fabulous | Very good; wonderful. The fabulous endurance of a marathon runner. |
| fairy | Offensive term for an openly homosexual man. Fairy gold. |
| faun | One of a class of lustful rural gods, represented as a man with a goat’s horns, ears, legs, and tail. |
| genie | A spirit of Arabian folklore, frequently depicted as being imprisoned within a bottle or oil lamp and as being capable of granting wishes when summoned. |
| goddess | A female deity. Athena Nike goddess of victory. |
| hero | A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength. Jumpsuits are hands down our hottest hero piece right now. |
| imagine | Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case. After Ned died everyone imagined that Mabel would move away. |
| legend | A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated. According to legend he banished all the snakes from Ireland. |
| legendary | Celebrated in fable or legend. The legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers. |
| magic | Move change or create by or as if by magic. Suddenly as if by magic the doors start to open. |
| mermaid | A mythical sea creature with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail of a fish, conventionally depicted as beautiful and with long flowing golden hair. |
| myth | A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. The heroes of Greek myth. |
| mythical | Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity. One of Denmark s greatest mythical heroes. |
| mythological | Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity. The tree of life is one of the oldest of all mythological symbols. |
| pantheon | (especially in ancient Greece and Rome) a temple dedicated to all the gods. The pantheon of the all time greats. |
| personification | A person who represents an abstract quality. She is the personification of optimism. |
| phoenix | A legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years. I m that phoenix the old fashioned family doctor. |
| priestess | A woman priest. |
| princess | The female ruler of a small state, actually, nominally, or originally subject to a king or emperor. Stop being such a princess. |
| saga | A narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account. A figure straight out of a Viking saga. |
| satyr | A satyrid butterfly with chiefly dark brown wings. Charles was an unmarried satyr. |
| talisman | A trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease. A dolphin talisman would ensure a safe journey on land or at sea. |
| unicorn | A heraldic representation of a unicorn with a twisted horn a deer s feet a goat s beard and a lion s tail. An album like this is something of a unicorn. |
| witch | A woman who is bewitchingly attractive. She witched Jake. |
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