mythologem

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von mythologem im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A basic core element, motif or theme of a myth

Etymologie

() 1949, (Carl Kerenyi, "Prologomena", in C. G. Jung and C. Kerenyi (eds)., Science of mythology: Essays on the myth of the divine child and the mysteries of Eleusis.), from Ancient Greek (mythologema, “mythical narrative”); (mythologein, “to tell mythical tales”); mythos (myth) & -logos (word or speech).