The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mythology \My*thol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Mythologies. [F. mythologie, L. mythologia, Gr. myqologi`a; my^qos, fable, myth + lo`gos speech, discourse.] 1. The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths. [1913 Webster] 2. A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks. [1913 Webster]