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mythistory

mythistory noun: a history incorporating elements of myth.

Noun

mythistory (countable and uncountable, plural mythistories)

  1. A history incorporating elements of myth.
    • The phenomenon of mythistory has a continued tradition from Herodotus through Machiavelli to Scott, Burckhardt, Michelet and Kantorowicz, as the renowned historian Joseph Mali explains […]2005, Andreas Gaile, Fabulating Beauty: Perspectives on the Fiction of Peter Carey, page 38
    • In Mayan, Aztec, and Laguna mythistories, the world we presently inhabit is the Fifth; for traditional Hopis and Navajos, this is the Fourth World.2006, Ernest Stromberg, American Indian Rhetorics of Survivance, page 220

Forms of mythistory

pluralmythistories

Origin of mythistory

Blend of myth + history.

Questions about mythistory

What does mythistory mean?
Mythistory means a history incorporating elements of myth.
What part of speech is mythistory?
Mythistory is a noun.
What is the plural of mythistory?
The plural of mythistory is mythistories.

Words near mythistory in the dictionary

  1. mythisms
  2. mythist
  3. mythistorical
  4. mythistorically
  5. mythistories
  6. mythistory
  7. mythists
  8. mythization
  9. mythizations
  10. mythize
  11. mythized

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