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This may seem like a small point, but here it goes. The lead currently starts with the sentence

Mythology is the study of myths or a body of myths.

On a strict logical/semantic level, this sentence makes no sense. MYTHOLOGY is not a body of myths (unless the "body of myths" in question is the body of all myths). Rather A mythology is a body of myths. For example, Greek mythology is a body of myths, and Norse mythology is a different body of myths.

When I performed a major rewrite of this article back around Feb 09, I worded the first sentence as follows:

The term "mythology" can refer either to the study of myths or to a body of myths.

Later someone changed the first sentence, presumably because he/she wanted "mythology" to be the first word. I do not see why this is necessary. If it is, can someone tell me why? (If I'm wrong, just let me know.)

If no one objects within a week, I will change the first sentence back to its original form for the sake of logic and clarity. --Phatius McBluff (talk) 04:24, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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