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Definition of Mythic
1. Adjective. Relating to or having the nature of myth. "A novel of almost mythic consequence"
2. Adjective. Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity. "The fabulous unicorn"
Similar to: Unreal
Derivative terms: Fable, Fable, Myth, Myth, Mythology, Mythology
Definition of Mythic
1. a. Of or relating to myths; described in a myth; of the nature of a myth; fabulous; imaginary; fanciful.
Definition of Mythic
1. Adjective. Larger-than-life. ¹
2. Adjective. Mythical; existing in myth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mythic
1. mythical [adj] - See also: mythical
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mythic
Literary usage of Mythic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1891)
"mythic Fancy based, like other thought, on Experience—Mythology affords evidence
for study ing laws of Imagination—Change in public opinion as to ..."
2. Introduction to a Scientific System of Mythology by Karl Otfried Müller (1844)
"Extension of this Process to the mythic Ages. THE examples which have been adduced
will suffice to show how a close and sure connexion between mythi and ..."
3. The History of Christianity: From the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of by Henry Hart Milman (1840)
"Yet even the theology maintained its dominion, by in some degree accommodating
itself to the human mind. It became to a certain degree mythic in its ..."
4. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"Second period, 1792-6, mythic and prophetic lays, and Songs of Experience. ...
mythic laya : prose Marriage of Heaven and Hell, and ideas there set forth ..."
5. The Englishman and the Scandinavian: Or, A Comparison of Anglo-Saxon and Old by Frederick Metcalfe (1880)
"THE mythic WORDS IN "BEOWULF." So much for the mythic and heroic Eddas, with
their gods and demigods, which for convenience sake we discussed consecutively. ..."
6. The Voyage of Bran, Son of Febal, to the Land of the Living: An Old Irish Saga by Kuno Meyer, Dindsenchas, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Scél Túan maic Cairill (1897)
"... THE CONTEMPORARY FAIRY BELIEF OF THE GAELIC- SPEAKING PEASANT Irish mythic
literature in its relation to peasant lore—Parallel of Greek and Irish mythic ..."
7. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"mythic HISTORY" Tribes, such as the Cherokee, Creek, and allied nations, with
settled towns and elaborate institutions are certain to show some development ..."
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