mythohistory
mythohistory noun: history contained in mythology.
Noun
mythohistory (usually uncountable, plural mythohistories)
- History contained in mythology.
- During 1986–1987 in Ecuador we had both focused especially on mythohistory and ethnoaesthetics, seeking ways to present the complexities of indigenous thought and imagery in Spanish and English prose to communicate to broad audiences.2011, Norman E. Whitten, Dorothea S. Whitten, Histories of the Present: People and Power in Ecuador, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, preface
- Since Loreto's mythohistory preceded modern academic segregations, it defiantly spans historians' temporal divides. Secondly, and for the same reason, the mythohistory bridges frontier and metropole, two zones that are traditionally contrasted instead of being grouped together.2018, Karin Vélez, The Miraculous Flying House of Loreto: Spreading Catholicism in the Early Modern World, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 36
Forms of mythohistory
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Origin of mythohistory
From mytho- + history.
Questions about mythohistory
- What does mythohistory mean?
- Mythohistory means history contained in mythology.
- What part of speech is mythohistory?
- Mythohistory is a noun.
- What is the plural of mythohistory?
- The plural of mythohistory is mythohistories.
Words near mythohistory in the dictionary
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