See also:

• AETIOLOGY, or ETIOLOGY (from Gr. atria, cause, and Xo yia, discourse)

AETIOLOGY, or ETIOLOGY (from Gr. atria, cause, and Xo yia, discourse)  , strictly, the See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science or See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy of See also:

• CAUSATION

causation, but generally used to denote the See also:

• PART

part of any See also:

• SPECIAL

special science (and especially of that of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine and disease) which investigates the causes and origin of its phenomena . An aetiological myth is one which is regarded as having been invented ex See also:

• POST

post facto to explain some fact, name or coincidence, the true See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account or origin of which has been forgotten . Such myths were often based on See also:

• GROTESQUE

grotesque philological analogies, according to which an existing connexion between two personalities (cities, &c.) was traced back to a See also:

• COMMON

common mythical origin .