Bible Dictionary: Mythology

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A study or collection of myths; a treatise on myths.

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

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

MYTHOLOGY

mi-thol'-o-ji.

See FABLE; BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF; GREECE, RELIGION IN ANCIENT.

Greek

4481. Rhemphan -- Remphan.
... Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Rhemphan Phonetic Spelling: (hrem-fan') Short
Definition: Rephan, Saturn Definition: Rephan, the Saturn of later mythology. ...
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5020. tartaroo -- to cast into hell
... [In Greek mythology, Tartarus was a "place of punishment under the earth,
to which, for example, the Titans were sent" (Souter).]. ...
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Topical Bible Verses

2 Peter 1:16
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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Isaiah 47:13
You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from these things that shall come on you.
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Library

The Mythology Respecting the Gods; the Dogmas of the Manichæans ...
... Chapter X."The Mythology Respecting the Gods; The Dogmas of the Manichæans Resemble
This: the Homeric Allegory of the Battle of the Gods; Envy and Emulation ...
/.../alexander/of the manichaeans/chapter x the mythology respecting the.htm

Origin of Heathen Mythology.
... Chapter LIV."Origin of heathen mythology. But those who hand down the
myths which the poets have made, adduce no proof to the ...
/.../justin/the first apology of justin/chapter liv origin of heathen mythology.htm

Explanation of Mythology.
... Book X. Chapter XLI."Explanation of Mythology. Then Niceta: "The affair
of the supper of the gods stands in this wise. They say ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xli explanation of mythology.htm

Follies of the Greek Mythology.
... Chapter III."Follies of the Greek mythology. For Hercules, celebrated by his
three nights, [2500] sung by the poets for his successful ...
/.../justin/justins discourse to the greeks/chapter iii follies of the greek.htm

The Manichæan Abstinence from Living Things Ridiculous; their ...
... Chapter XXV."The Manichæan Abstinence from Living Things Ridiculous; Their Madness
in Abhorring Marriage; The Mythology of the Giants; Too Allegorical an ...
/.../alexander/of the manichaeans/chapter xxv the manichaean abstinence from.htm

The Power of Rome Romanized Aspect of all the Heathen Mythology. ...
... Book II. Chapter IX."The Power of Rome Romanized Aspect of All the Heathen
Mythology. Varro's Threefold Distribution Criticised. ...
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A Disgraceful Feature of the Roman Mythology it Honours Such ...
... Book II. Chapter X."A Disgraceful Feature of the Roman Mythology It Honours Such
Infamous Characters as Larentina. I hasten to even more abominable cases. ...
/.../tertullian/ad nationes/chapter x a disgraceful feature of.htm

The New Testament Checked the Imaginative Creation of Events in ...
... to existing models; but it called forth or at least encouraged the intellectual
creation of facts in the sphere of Theology, and of a Theological Mythology. ...
/.../harnack/the origin of the new testament/ 7 the new testament.htm

Galilee
... in it themselves. Over these local religions had been thrown throughout
the Empire the covering fabric of Greek mythology. It had ...
/.../lake/landmarks in the history of early christianity/i galilee.htm

Our Spiritual Ancestry
... Each of these two races had originally a mythology made up partly of the
personification and worship of the powers of nature, and partly of the deification ...
/.../merriam/the chief end of man/i our spiritual ancestry.htm

Thesaurus

Mythology
... 2. (n.) A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a
heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks. Int. ...MYTHOLOGY. mi-thol'-o-ji. ...
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Nightmonster
... Statement: Exception is to be taken to this statement, admitting the etymological
assumption upon which it rests, that "lilith" is a word in mythology, on the ...
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Night-monster
... Statement: Exception is to be taken to this statement, admitting the etymological
assumption upon which it rests, that "lilith" is a word in mythology, on the ...
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Greece (15 Occurrences)
... 2. (n. pl.) See Gree a step. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GREECE, RELIGION
IN ANCIENT. " I. THE GREEK GODS 1. Greek Myths 2. Mythology Distinguished from ...
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Comparative
... CHARACTERISTICS OF ETHNIC FAITHS 1. Tenets Common to All Religions 2. Tendency to
Degradation, not to Progress, in Ethnic Faiths 3. Mythology and Religion 4 ...
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Demon (26 Occurrences)
... see DAEMON. Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding
a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. ...
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Trinity
... of the Trinity. Gladstone found the Trinity in the Homeric mythology, the
trident of Poseidon being its symbol. Hegel very naturally ...
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Ancient (64 Occurrences)
... GREECE, RELIGION IN ANCIENT. " I. THE GREEK GODS 1. Greek Myths 2. Mythology
Distinguished from Religion 3. Local Shrines 4. Epithets of the Gods 5. Nature of ...
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Johannine
... reality. It moved in a world of sheer mythology and speculation; history
became allegory; the incarnate Christ a phantasm. John ...
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Deluge (17 Occurrences)
... 4. The Indian Tradition: In Indian mythology there is no reference to the Flood
in the Rig Veda, but in the laws of Manu we are told that a fish said to Manu ...
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Subtopics

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Related Terms

Nightmonster

Night-monster

Greece (15 Occurrences)

Comparative

Demon (26 Occurrences)

Trinity

Ancient (64 Occurrences)

Johannine

Deluge (17 Occurrences)