Meaning of "mythoi" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF MYTHOI

mythoi  [ˈmaɪθɔɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MYTHOI

Mythoi is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MYTHOI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mythology

The term mythology can refer either to a collection of myths or to the study of myths. A mythology, in the sense of a collection of myths, is an important feature of many cultures. According to Alan Dundes, a myth is a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind assumed their present form, although, in a very broad sense, the word can refer to any traditional story. Bruce Lincoln defines myth as "ideology in narrative form". Myths may arise as either truthful depictions or overelaborated accounts of historical events, as allegory for or personification of natural phenomena, or as an explanation of ritual. They are used to convey religious or idealized experience, to establish behavioral models, and to teach. Modern mythopoeia such as fantasy novels, manga, and urban legend, with many competing artificial mythoi acknowledged as fiction, supports the idea of myth as a modern, not just ancient, social practice. Mythology, in the sense of the study of myths, dates back to antiquity. Early rival classifications of Greek mythos by Euhemerus, Plato's Phaedrus, and Sallustius were developed by the neoplatonists and revived by Renaissance mythographers.

TRANSLATION OF MYTHOI

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MYTHOI»

Discover the use of mythoi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mythoi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Ainoi, Logoi, Mythoi: Fables in Archaic, Classical, and ...

The first intertextual study of all (allusions to) fables occuring in Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek literature, examining both modern and ancient fable theory as well as Greaco-Roman terminology of the genre.

G. J. Van Dijk, 1997

Aisopou Mythoi

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

Esopo, Esopo, 2011

Theorizing Myth: Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship

"Above all, it seems to us that one must supervise the makers- of- mythoi, and one must approve that which is good in their compositions, and condemn that which is not. And those which are approved, we will persuade nurses and mothers to ...

Bruce Lincoln, 1999

Interpretation and Genre: The Role of Generic Perception in ...

Romance and comedy, the mythoi of spring and summer, are similar in that both are examples of wish fulfillment and regeneration. Tragedy is the opposite mode of comedy because the tragic hero is caught "on top of the wheel of fortune, ...

Thomas Kent, 1986

The Seductiveness of Jewish Myth: Challenge or Response?

The diversity of religious beliefs in this as in other periods is grounded not only by differing hermeneutic claims, but by the diversity of biblical mythoi. A contemporary response by a prominent biblical scholar illustrates similar effects of biblical ...

S. Daniel Breslauer, 1997

Supernatural Youth: The Rise of the Teen Hero in Literature ...

While a carefiil examination of a work will likely make it mostly one mythoi or other, elements of the other mythoi can, by their presence, highlight each unique work's place within its larger story type. Frye conceives of his four mythoi as creating ...

Jes Battis, 2011

Emergence

She just wanted to forget.

Kim Knox, 2010

Sleeping on Naxos

From death, to snow; from knitting, to unrequited love, few aspects of our universe remain untouched in Sleeping on Naxos.

T. H. Day, 2011

Refiguring American Film Genres: History and Theory

When Northrop Frye needed to define comedy in a particular manner, in order to fit conveniently into his overall pattern of mythoi, he simply appointed New Comedy as the only worthy bearer of comedy's flag. Recognizing the importance to the ...

Nick Browne, 1998

The Sacrifice of Africa: A Political Theology for Africa

Different stories (mythoi) give rise to different social realities. ... by setting up these disciplines as “objective,” “scientific,” and “neutral” analyses of reality, it obscures its own particular narrative and thus the mythoi that are the basis of the politics ...

Emmanuel Katongole, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MYTHOI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mythoi is used in the context of the following news items.

Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, late April

But the author has mixed in other mythoi, which seem out of place. The Pythia—well, this is a powerful oracle whose reach might well extend to ... «Locus Online, Apr 15»

'Top Sulu politicians' supported Vietnam rice smuggling attempt …

Reports from the ground units revealed that the foreign cargo vessel arrived on Thursday (February 19) from Mythoi Port in Vietnam with ... «Customs Today Newspaper, Mar 15»

151000 sacks of smuggled rice held

19 from the Mythoi Port in Vietnam with 151,000 sacks of rice. It started to transfer its cargo on Feb. 20 off Pata Island to local vessels that are to ... «Inquirer.net, Feb 15»

'Top Sulu politicians' behind Vietnam rice smuggle try—BOC chief

Reports from the ground units revealed that the foreign cargo vessel arrived on Thursday (February 19) from Mythoi Port in Vietnam with ... «Inquirer.net, Feb 15»

Lois Tilton Reviews Short Fiction, late January

This particular quest is, of course, one we have seen in many variations from many different mythoi, but the author gives us an original vision of ... «Locus Online, Jan 15»

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call Review (3DS)

Do we talk about the multiple subseries dedicated to exploring mythoi introduced in those core titles? The FFXIII-heavy Fabula Nova Crystallis ... «Paste Magazine, Sep 14»

Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, late March

Instead, it would be the child born of Set just as Set was born of Sekhmet, as this story has it. (*) Does this mixing of mythoi bother me? A tiny bit. «Locus Online, Mar 14»

'Deadfall Adventures' Misses the Mark

The onslaught of bloodshed also feels incongruous with the Allan Quatermain and Indiana Jones mythoi. While Quatermain and Jones engage ... «PopMatters, Nov 13»

When Religion Had a Mind

... the custom to teach the narratives of the inspired Scripture to those of childish souls in a very simple way just like stories [mythoi], but to teach ... «The New Republic, Nov 13»

New Ancient Greek Action Novel Sons of Zeus

I guess that that time period and the mythoi associated with it are filling a void left by Harry Potter . I'm waiting for Gilgamesh to become hip. «GeekDad, Jul 13»