mythologem

English

Alternative forms

• mythologeme

Etymology

First used in 1949 by Carl Kerenyi in "Prologomena" (published in Science of mythology: Essays on the myth of the divine child and the mysteries of Eleusis, edited by C. G. Jung and C. Kerenyi). From Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “mythical narrative”); [Term?] (“to tell mythical tales”); mythos (myth) & -logos (word or speech).

Noun

mythologem (plural mythologems)

1. A basic core element, motif or theme of a myth.

Translations

basic core element, motif or theme of a myth

• Armenian: առասպելույթ (hy) (aṙaspeluytʻ)
• Russian: мифологема (ru) (mifologema)