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mythologem en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυθολογέω (muthologéō, “to tell mythical tales”), from μυθολόγος (muthológos, “myth-teller”), from μῦθος (mûthos, “mythical narrative”) + -λόγος (-lógos). The -em could be interpreted as an analogue of -eme.

Meanings

1. A basic core element, motif or theme of a myth.
   • [W]e have long been in possession of mythologems which express the dynamics of certain subliminal processes, though these processes were only given names in very recent times. 1963, Richard and Clara Winston, translating Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Random House 1974, p. 342

Forms

Translations (2)

ru мифологема (basic core element, motif or theme of a myth) · hy առասպելույթ (basic core element, motif or theme of a myth)