Lexic.us

2. Noun. Anything delivered by word of mouth: a word, speech, conversation, or similar; a story, tale, or legend, especially a poetic tale. ¹

3. Noun. A tale, story, or narrative, usually verbally transmitted, or otherwise recorded into the written form from an alleged secondary source. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mythos

1. a myth [n -THOI] - See also: myth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mythos

Literary usage of Mythos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1844)
"... sources of information respecting the ancient doctrines of the Magi. Paragraph 3.—mythos of the Zendavesta. According to the mythos or theogony of the ..."

2. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"... perhaps deal with the phenomena among uncivilised races in a separate work. NW THOMAS. DAS JENSEITS IM mythos DER HELLENEN. Untersuchungen iiber antiken ..."

3. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"... whose worship was spread with the Phoenician colonies, this will evidently confirm the interpretation given above of the mythos of the expedition of ..."

4. The History of Magic by Joseph Ennemoser, William Howitt, Mary Botham Howitt (1854)
"... surprised that the learned should doubt it, and think it requisite to ascribe everything to mythos; as if tradition had no deeper or firmer foundation. ..."

5. English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) by John Matthews Manly (1916)
"XVI ere's nothing in the moon noteworthy? r if that moon could love a mortal, harm him (so to fit a fancy), agic ('tis the old sweet mythos'), ..."

6. Anacalypsis; an attempt to draw aside the veil of the Saitic Isis; or, An by Godfrey Higgins (1874)
"The proof of any part of this mythos having existed in Ireland or Britain before the time of Christ opens the door for the consideration of all the ..."

7. The Mystery of the Ages Contained in the Secret Doctrine of All Religions by Marie Sinclair Caithness (1887)
"... and many others, explained the mythos alchemically, and shown that the key to the Scriptures is to be found in the alchemic secret of transmutation; ..."

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