Mythology and Religion

Mythology

Mythology noun - The body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place.

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Religion and mythology are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Religion" with "Mythology", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Word: mythological

Religion noun - A body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities.

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Mythology and religion are semantically related in system of beliefs topic. You can use "Mythology" instead a noun "Religion".

human	human mythology	human religion
particular	particular mythology	particular religion
original	original mythology	original religion
single	single mythology	single religion
Other adjectives: native, popular, actual, entire, real, new, traditional, national, official, Christian, local, western, greek, roman, Egyptian, polytheistic, Buddhist, Shinto.

A divine being helping humanity through self-sacrifice has been an enduring theme in religion and mythology.

Source: Heroic Sacrifice / Religion
While Bakemonogatari is probably still bizarre in Japan, the religion/mythology of Japan at least let the original audience understand things like the crab gods and lost cows.

Source: Widget Series
Theotech: Unique case in that the theology is drawn entirely from Indigenous Australian mythology and religion.

Source: Literature / The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros

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