Meaning

1 senses
  1. The essential kernel of a myth; a myth or mythic element that get passed along.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From myth + -eme, popularized by Claude Lévi-Strauss.

From myth + -eme, popularized by Claude Lévi-Strauss.

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Forms

plural: mythemes
Singularmytheme
Pluralmythemes

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedmythemic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mytheme — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto