286. Mythology
See also 183. GOD and GODS .
- centauromachy
- battle between centaurs or between centaurs and men.
- cornucopia
- 1. Greek Mythology. a horn of plenty, from the hom of the goat Amalthaea that dispensed an endless supply of food, drink, and other riches.
- 2. any copious or abundant supply or source. —cornucopian , adj.
- dryad
- a wood nymph.
- euhemerism
- the belief that the mythological gods were merely legendary kings and heroes deified. —euhemerist , n. —euhemeristic , adj.
- hamadryad
- a dryad that is the spirit of a particular tree.
- limniad, limoniad
- Rare. a water nymph or naiad.
- mythicism
- the attribution of supernatural events to mythological causes.
- mythicist
- 1. a student of myths.
- 2. an interpreter of myths.
- mythoclast
- an opponent of myths. — mythoclastic , adj.
- mythogenesis
- 1. the establishment and development of myths.
- 2. the tendency to create myths or to give mythical status to a person or event. Also called mythogeny . —mythogenetic , adj.
- mythography
- 1. the collecting of myths.
- 2. the recording of myths in writing.
- 3. a critical collection of myths. —mythographer, mythographist , n.
- mythologem
- a recurrent pattern, event, or theme in myths, as an explanation of the change of seasons; folklore motifs.
- mythologer
- a narrator of myths and legends.
- mythology
- 1. a body of stories relating the traditional origins and causes of the world, natural forces and phenomena, and cultural developments, as that of a particular people or relating to a particular person.
- 2. a collection of myths.
- 3. the science of myths. —mythologist , n. —mythological , adj.
- mythopoesis
- the creation of myths. —mythopoeist , n. —mythopoeic , adj.
- mythos, mythus
- 1. myth.
- 2. mythology.
- 3. the interrelationship of value structures and historical experiences of a people, usually given expression through the arts.
- naiad
- a nymph or spirit of rivers and streams.
- Oceanid
- any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- theomythology
- a mixture of theology and mythology. —theomythologer , n.
- undine
- according to Paracelsus, a water nymph or spirit, female in form and lacking a soul until married to a mortal and mother of his child.
- vampirism
- 1. the state or condition of being a vampire.
- 2. the actions or habits of vampires.
- 3. belief in the existence of vampires. —vampiric , adj.
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