Fill in the blank: "____ of mythology"

I just posted a question over in the Mythology SE and used this sentence:

I'm tagging Greek and Roman mythology, but open to other mythologies as well.

I wanted to say:

I'm tagging Greek and Roman mythology, but open to other ____ of mythology as well.

I couldn't think of the proper word to go in the blank. 'Branches' didn't seem to fit because the different world mythologies don't really branch from each other. 'Types' didn't feel right either--there really aren't types of mythology. Same problem with 'varieties' and 'variations'.

What word would fit in that blank?


Solution 1:

Mythology is associated with a culture, religion, geographic region, etc. Merriam-Webster's sense 5b of culture is

the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also : the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time.

So you could say

... but open to the mythology of different cultures as well.

Solution 2:

I don't see any problem with the way you constructed your sentence, but if you want a different term you might try systems of mythology.

This term appears to be used in the way you want:

We would therefore invite the attention of the reader to a brief comparison between the Norse and Greek systems of mythology. (C.S. Griggs, Norse Mythology, 1884)

The similarities between the various systems of mythology could be explained, for Schelling, by reference to the schemata of his own Potenzenlehre, and not by empirical research into historical influences. (Robert Gascoigne, Religion, Rationality and Community, 2012)

Analyze and account for the relationships that obtain between mythology, religion, and philosophy in various systems of mythology, as well as mythology’s expressions in art, literature, and society. (Learning objective in syllabus for a 2016 World Mythology university course—link is a PDF download)

Solution 3:

How about "Pantheons"?

From the Oxford dictionary: "All the gods of a people or religion collectively: ‘the deities of the Hindu pantheon’"

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/pantheon

Solution 4:

Mythos would certainly work.

I'm tagging Greek and Roman mythology, but open to other mythoi as well.

Solution 5:

Bodies

As in:

I'm tagging Greek and Roman mythology, but open to other bodies of mythology as well.

This is using what Merriam-Webster gives as definition 3c:

3c: aggregate, quantity <a body of evidence>

and a Google search for the phrase returns many results, as does one for "bodies of myth". (Also see particularly Google Books searches 1, 2.

"Systems", as suggested in another answer, is also good (and reasonably common), but it implies a, well, systematicness that not all mythologies have. Many are collections of stories and tales with not much internal coherence (and are just fine with that). I think "body" better applies.