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Definition: Mythology is the study of myth or a body of myths. While the definition of myth varies, a commonly cited definition is that of Finnish folklorist Lauri Honko:
- Myth, a story of the gods, a religious account of the beginning of the world, the creation, fundamental events, the exemplary deeds of the gods as a result of which the world, nature, and culture were created together with all parts thereof and given their order, which still obtains. A myth expresses and confirms society's religious values and norms, it provides a pattern of behavior to be imitated, testifies to the efficacy of ritual with its practical ends, and establishes the sanctity of cult.[1]
- Honko, Lauri. 1984. "The Problem of Defining Myth" in Alan Dundes (Editor). Sacred Narrative: Reading in the Theory of Myth, p. 49. University of California Press.
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| GA |
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| B | 40 | 96 | 157 | 268 | 74 | 635 | |
| C | 47 | 122 | 327 | 651 | 111 | 1,258 | |
| Start | 16 | 137 | 541 | 1,992 | 267 | 2,953 | |
| Stub | 1 | 31 | 217 | 2,806 | 311 | 3,366 | |
| List | 2 | 28 | 37 | 144 | 7 | 42 | 260 |
| Category | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2,387 | 2,397 | ||
| Disambig | 3 | 8 | 69 | 80 | |||
| File | 3 | 1 | 36 | 40 | |||
| Portal | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Project | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Template | 1 | 1 | 103 | 105 | |||
| NA | 1 | 15 | 44 | 244 | 465 | 769 | |
| Other | 33 | 33 | |||||
| Assessed | 118 | 453 | 1,387 | 6,199 | 3,115 | 806 | 12,078 |
| Unassessed | 4 | 392 | 396 | ||||
| Total | 118 | 453 | 1,387 | 6,203 | 3,115 | 1,198 | 12,474 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 42,184 | Ω = 5.04 | |||||
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