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mythemes

mythemes is the plural of mytheme.

Meaning of mytheme

Noun

mytheme (plural mythemes)

  1. The essential kernel of a myth; a myth or mythic element that get passed along.
    • By the time the Cypria was composed, Greek poets were certainly familiar with the mytheme of a flood as a divine punishment.2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 75, number 1, page 17

Questions about mythemes

What is mythemes the plural of?
Mythemes is the plural of mytheme.

Words near mythemes in the dictionary

  1. mythbusts
  2. mythconception
  3. mythconceptions
  4. mythe
  5. mytheme
  6. mythemes
  7. mythemic
  8. myther
  9. mythered
  10. mythering
  11. mythers

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