"I thought the snakes on the staff were from ancient Greek mythology."
Myth, Myth! From ancient Greek myth! Sorry this is a big pet peeve of mine. The stories themselves are myths. Mythology is the corpus of writing that analyzes myths. It's somewhat similar to the difference between History and Historiography. You wouldn't say you are a military historiography buff, when what you enjoy reading is John Keegan and Stephan Ambrose.
Myth, Myth! From ancient Greek myth! Sorry this is a big pet peeve of mine. The stories themselves are myths. Mythology is the corpus of writing that analyzes myths. It's somewhat similar to the difference between History and Historiography. You wouldn't say you are a military historiography buff, when what you enjoy reading is John Keegan and Stephan Ambrose.