English Dictionary

mythology

IPA（発音記号）

/mɪˈθɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(countable and uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.

日本語の意味

神話：その民族の起源、歴史、神々、祖先、英雄に関する伝説や物語の体系。

She studied the island's ancient mythology to better understand its rituals.

彼女は島の古代の神話を研究して、その儀式をよりよく理解しようとした。

意味（1）

(countable and uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.

The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.

意味（2）

(countable and uncountable) A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution.

This program to distinguish Austria from Germany was important to building a new Austria, but it also indirectly contributed to victim mythology by implying that participation in the Nazi war of conquest was antithetical to Austrian identity.

意味（3）

(countable and uncountable) Pervasive elements of a fictional universe that resemble a mythological universe.

This tongue-in-cheek episode is especially fun for people who don’t take their “X-Files” mythology seriously.

意味（4）

(uncountable) The systematic collection and study of myths.

mythologies （ plural ）