*myth*

n. same as demythologization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms.
Syn. -- demythologisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to remove the mythical elements from; -- of writings, such as the Bible. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. having mythical elements removed. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Gastro- + Gr. &unr_; to say, speak. ] One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist. [ Obs. ]

n. [ Written also mythe. ] [ Gr. my^qos myth, fable, tale, talk, speech: cf. F. mythe. ] 1. A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; an ancient legend of a god, a hero, the origin of a race, etc.; a wonder story of prehistoric origin; a popular fable which is, or has been, received as historical. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable. [ 1913 Webster ]

As for Mrs. Primmins's bones, they had been myths these twenty years. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Myth history, history made of, or mixed with, myths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Myth. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. mythicus, Gr. &unr_;. See Myth. ] Of or relating to myths; described in a myth; of the nature of a myth; fabulous; imaginary; fanciful; mythological. -- Myth"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The mythic turf where danced the nymphs. Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]

Hengist and Horsa, Vortigern and Rowena, Arthur and Mordred, are mythical persons, whose very existence may be questioned. Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. myqogra`fos; my^qos + gra`fein to write. ] A composer of fables. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mythologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mythologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. mythologicus: cf. F. mytholigique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to mythology or to myths; as, mythological creatures. -- Myth`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

2. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; mythical; fabulous.
Syn. -- fabulous, mythic, mythical. [WordNet 1.5]

n. mythologization. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. mythologiste. ] One versed in, or who writes on, mythology or myths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The construction of a myth; the restatement of a message as a myth.
Syn. -- mythologisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ Cf. F. mythologiser. ] 1. To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to write upon myths. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To construct and propagate myths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, mythologizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Imagination has always been, and still is, in a narrower sense, the great mythologizer. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Mythology. ] A fabulous narrative; a myth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

May we not . . . consider his history of the fall as an excellent mythologue, to account for the origin of human evil? Geddes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Mythologies [ F. mythologie, L. mythologia, Gr. myqologi`a; my^qos, fable, myth + lo`gos speech, discourse. ] 1. The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. my^qos myth + pla`ssein to form. ] A narration of mere fable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. myqopoio`s making myths; my^qos myth + poiei^n to make. ] Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical narratives. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mythopoeic fertility of the Greeks. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. my^qos myth + &unr_; able to make, producing, fr. poiei^n to make. ] Making or producing myths or mythical tales. [ 1913 Webster ]