Hindooism, Hinduism - a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme beingof many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils

mythology - myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person

mythical being - an imaginary being of myth or fable