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mythology

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The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.

A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic. Ursula K. Le Guin

Military mythology has to pretend that real men are in the majority; cowards can never be allowed to feel that they might be the normal ones and the heroes are insane. Germaine Greer

Mythology is studied in the school system because most of us come from it. Bel Kaufman

You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't work. That's why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. They're all religious problems. Jack Kevorkian

I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology. Thomas Jefferson

Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. Christopher Nolan

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