My*thol"o*gy (?), n.; pl. Mythologies (#). [F. mythologie, L. mythologia, Gr. , , fable, myth + speech, discourse.]
1.
The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.
2.
A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks.
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