mythology

Noun
  1. Myths collectively;
    The body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person (synset 107994846)
    associated with:
    • annwfn, annwn - (Welsh mythology) the other world; land of fairies
    • mythology - the study of myths
    • diffusion - the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another
    • arjuna - (Hindu mythology) the warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God
    • nibelung - (German mythology) any of the group of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried
    • nibelung - (German mythology) a companion or follower of Siegfried
    • siegfried - (German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart
    • wayland, wayland the smith, wieland - (European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund
    • teutonic deity - (German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons
    • anglo-saxon deity - (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons
    • brunhild, brunnhilde, brynhild - a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide
    • thunderbird - (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird
    is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
    subtypes:
    • classical mythology - the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks
    • norse mythology - the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity
    member holonym: myth - a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
  2. The study of myths (synset 106157324)
    referred to in: mythology - myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
    is a type of: cultural anthropology, social anthropology - the branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society

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