mythology

名词 mythology:

1. myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
2. the study of myths

1. Diana is the goddess of hunting in Greek and Latin mythology.
   戴安娜在希腊罗马神话中是狩猎女神。
2. A satyr is half man and half goat in Greek and Roman mythology.
   在希腊和罗马神话中，森林之神是半人半羊的样子。
3. The book is about the mythologies of primitive races.
   这本书是原始民族神话集。
4. I am very interested in Greek and Roman mythology.
   我对希腊罗马神话非常感兴趣。
5. It is a mythology about the king.
   这是个关于国王的神话。

my.thol.o.gy

n.（名词）
【复数】 my.thol.o.gies 缩写 myth.,mythol.

A body or collection of myths belonging to a people and addressing their origin, history, deities, ancestors, and heroes.
神话集：属于某民族并讲他们的发源、历史、信仰、祖先和英雄人物的主要部分或合集
A body of myths concerning an individual, event, or institution:
神话：关于某个人、事件或制度的主体部分：
例句：
.A new mythology, essential to the . . . American funeral rite, has grown up.(Jessica Mitford)
.新的神学，对学美国葬礼仪式…具有本质意义，已经形成了.(杰西卡·米特福德)

The field of scholarship dealing with the systematic collection and study of myths.
神话学：对神话进行系统收集和研究的学术领域

来源：
French mythologie
法语 mythologie
from Late Latin mtthologia
源自 后期拉丁语 mtthologia
from Greek muthologia [story-telling]
源自 希腊语 muthologia [讲故事]
muthos [story]
muthos [故事]
-logia [-logy]
-logia [后缀，表示.说话，谈话，学问，…学.等意]