Mythos vs. Mythology

Mythosnoun

Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale).

Mythologynoun

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

Mythosnoun

A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group; a myth, a mythology.

Mythologynoun

A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution.

Mythosnoun

(by extension) A set of assumptions or beliefs about something.

Mythologynoun

Pervasive elements of a fictional universe that resemble a mythological universe.

Mythosnoun

(literature) A recurring theme; a motif.

Mythologynoun

(uncountable) The systematic collection and study of myths.

Mythosnoun

a myth or mythology

‘the Arthurian mythos’;

Mythologynoun

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

Mythosnoun

(in literature) a traditional or recurrent narrative theme or plot structure.

Mythologynoun

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

Mythosnoun

a set of beliefs or assumptions about something

‘the rhetoric and mythos of science create the comforting image of linear progression toward truth’;

Mythologynoun

myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person

Mythologynoun

the study of myths