How to say "mythology" in Japanese

• 神話しんわJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounCovers myth and mythology in the everyday sense: the myths of a people as stories or a body of beliefs. This is the common word and the default choice, as in Greek mythology or Japanese mythology.
  どの民族みんぞくも独自どくじの神話しんわを持もっている。↗

  Every nation has its own myths.
• 神話学しんわがく
  nounRefers to mythology as a field of study, the scholarly discipline that researches and analyzes myths. Use it when talking about the academic subject rather than the myths themselves.
• ミソロジー
  nounA loanword covering the same meaning, typically the scholarly study of myths. It is a less common word, so 神話学 is usually the safer way to name the discipline.

Use 神話 for myths collectively or a body of myths, 神話学 for mythology as an academic discipline, and 「ミソロジー」 as a loanword for the same scholarly sense.

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• 神話しんわmyth
• 神話学しんわがくmythology
• ミソロジーmythology