Mythology

Mythology is the study of myths and or of a body of myths. For example, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures,whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece. The term "myth" is often used colloquially to refer to a false story; however, the academic use of the term generally does not refer to truth or falsity.In the study of folklore, a myth is a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form.Many scholars in other fields use the term "myth" in somewhat different ways. In a very broad sense, the word can refer to any traditional story.