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Neologism coined by [[Levi-Strauss]] by analogy with [[phoneme]], and used to describe the elementary units employed in the structural analysis of [[myth]]s.
Like [[Saussure]]'s [[sign]]s, [[mythemesmytheme]] are created by binary or ternary oppositions and are analogous with the functions identified by [[Propp]] in his morphology of the folk tale.
[[Mytheme]]s are to be identified with functions, and not with the characters of mythical tales.
