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mitología

mythology

noun mee-toh-loh-HEE-ah Rare
Arts & Culture Literature

Origin: From Greek mythologia (from mythos + logos).

Usage Note

Mitología refers to a body of myths belonging to a culture (mitología griega, mitología nórdica) as well as to the academic study of myths. The adjective is mitológico. A single myth is mito, which also carries the modern sense of a widely held false belief or of a legendary person.

Examples

"Estudié la mitología griega en clase."

Natural Translation

I studied Greek mythology in class.

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