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myth
(encz) | myth,báje n: Zdeněk Brož |
myth
(encz) | myth,mytologie n: |
myth
(encz) | myth,mýtus n: |
Myth
(gcide) | Myth \Myth\ (m[i^]th), 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.
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2. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose
actual existence is not verifiable.
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As for Mrs. Primmins's bones, they had been myths
these twenty years. --Ld. Lytton.
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Myth history, history made of, or mixed with, myths.
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myth
(wn) | myth
n 1: a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain
the world view of a people |
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mythology
(mass) | mythology
- mytológia |
classical mythology
(encz) | classical mythology, n: |
demythologisation
(encz) | demythologisation, n: |
demythologise
(encz) | demythologise, v: |
demythologised
(encz) | demythologised, adj: |
demythologization
(encz) | demythologization, n: |
demythologize
(encz) | demythologize,demytologizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
demythologized
(encz) | demythologized, adj: |
mythic
(encz) | mythic,mýtický adj: |
mythical
(encz) | mythical,mýticky adv: |
mythical being
(encz) | mythical being, n: |
mythical creature
(encz) | mythical creature, n: |
mythical monster
(encz) | mythical monster, n: |
mythical place
(encz) | mythical place, n: |
mythicise
(encz) | mythicise, v: |
mythicize
(encz) | mythicize, v: |
mythologic
(encz) | mythologic,mytologický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
mythological
(encz) | mythological,mytologický adj: |
mythologies
(encz) | mythologies,mytologie n: Zdeněk Brož |
mythologisation
(encz) | mythologisation, n: |
mythologise
(encz) | mythologise, v: |
mythologised
(encz) | mythologised, |
mythologist
(encz) | mythologist,mytolog n: Zdeněk Brož |
mythologization
(encz) | mythologization, n: |
mythologize
(encz) | mythologize,mytologizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
mythology
(encz) | mythology,bájesloví Zdeněk Brožmythology,mythologie n: mythology,mytologie n: Zdeněk Brož |
myths
(encz) | myths,mýty n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
smythe
(encz) | Smythe,Smythe n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
mythologie
(czen) | mythologie,mythologyn: |
smythe
(czen) | Smythe,Smythen: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Culture myth
(gcide) | Culture myth \Culture myth\
A myth accounting for the discovery of arts and sciences or
the advent of a higher civilization, as in the Prometheus
myth.
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demythologisation
(gcide) | demythologisation \demythologisation\ n.
same as demythologization.
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demythologization
(gcide) | demythologization \demythologization\ n.
the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational
terms.
Syn: demythologisation.
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demythologize
(gcide) | demythologize \demythologize\ v. t.
to remove the mythical elements from; -- of writings, such as
the Bible.
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demythologized
(gcide) | demythologized \demythologized\ adj.
having mythical elements removed.
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Gastromyth
(gcide) | Gastromyth \Gas"tro*myth\, n. [Gastro- + Gr. ? to say, speak.]
One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a
ventriloquist. [Obs.] Gastronome |
Hop-o'-my-thumb
(gcide) | Hop-o'-my-thumb \Hop"-o'-my-thumb"\, Hop-thumb \Hop"-thumb"\, n.
A very diminutive person. [Colloq.] --liwell.
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Myth
(gcide) | Myth \Myth\ (m[i^]th), 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.
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2. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose
actual existence is not verifiable.
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As for Mrs. Primmins's bones, they had been myths
these twenty years. --Ld. Lytton.
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Myth history, history made of, or mixed with, myths.
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Myth history
(gcide) | Myth \Myth\ (m[i^]th), 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.
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2. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose
actual existence is not verifiable.
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As for Mrs. Primmins's bones, they had been myths
these twenty years. --Ld. Lytton.
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Myth history, history made of, or mixed with, myths.
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mythe
(gcide) | Myth \Myth\ (m[i^]th), 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.
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2. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose
actual existence is not verifiable.
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As for Mrs. Primmins's bones, they had been myths
these twenty years. --Ld. Lytton.
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Myth history, history made of, or mixed with, myths.
[1913 Webster]Mythe \Mythe\, n.
See Myth. --Grote.
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Mythe
(gcide) | Myth \Myth\ (m[i^]th), 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.
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2. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose
actual existence is not verifiable.
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As for Mrs. Primmins's bones, they had been myths
these twenty years. --Ld. Lytton.
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Myth history, history made of, or mixed with, myths.
[1913 Webster]Mythe \Mythe\, n.
See Myth. --Grote.
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Mythic
(gcide) | Mythic \Myth"ic\, Mythical \Myth"ic*al\, a. [L. mythicus, Gr. ?.
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.
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The mythic turf where danced the nymphs. --Mrs.
Browning.
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Hengist and Horsa, Vortigern and Rowena, Arthur and
Mordred, are mythical persons, whose very existence may
be questioned. --Macaulay.
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Mythical
(gcide) | Mythic \Myth"ic\, Mythical \Myth"ic*al\, a. [L. mythicus, Gr. ?.
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.
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The mythic turf where danced the nymphs. --Mrs.
Browning.
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Hengist and Horsa, Vortigern and Rowena, Arthur and
Mordred, are mythical persons, whose very existence may
be questioned. --Macaulay.
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Mythically
(gcide) | Mythic \Myth"ic\, Mythical \Myth"ic*al\, a. [L. mythicus, Gr. ?.
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.
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The mythic turf where danced the nymphs. --Mrs.
Browning.
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Hengist and Horsa, Vortigern and Rowena, Arthur and
Mordred, are mythical persons, whose very existence may
be questioned. --Macaulay.
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Mythographer
(gcide) | Mythographer \My*thog"ra*pher\, n. [Gr. myqogra`fos; my^qos +
gra`fein to write.]
A composer of fables.
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Mythologer
(gcide) | Mythologer \My*thol"o*ger\, n.
A mythologist.
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Mythologian
(gcide) | Mythologian \Myth`o*lo"gi*an\, n.
A mythologist.
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Mythologic
(gcide) | Mythologic \Myth`o*log"ic\, Mythological \Myth`o*log"ic*al\, 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.
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2. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking
factual basis or historical validity; mythical; fabulous.
Syn: fabulous, mythic, mythical.
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Mythological
(gcide) | Mythologic \Myth`o*log"ic\, Mythological \Myth`o*log"ic*al\, 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.
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2. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking
factual basis or historical validity; mythical; fabulous.
Syn: fabulous, mythic, mythical.
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Mythologically
(gcide) | Mythologic \Myth`o*log"ic\, Mythological \Myth`o*log"ic*al\, 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.
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2. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking
factual basis or historical validity; mythical; fabulous.
Syn: fabulous, mythic, mythical.
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Mythologies
(gcide) | Mythology \My*thol"o*gy\, 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.
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2. A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe
the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the
Greeks.
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mythologisation
(gcide) | mythologisation \mythologisation\ n.
mythologization. [Chiefly Brit.]
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Mythologist
(gcide) | Mythologist \My*thol"o*gist\, n. [Cf. F. mythologiste.]
One versed in, or who writes on, mythology or myths.
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mythologization
(gcide) | mythologization \mythologization\ n.
The construction of a myth; the restatement of a message as a
myth.
Syn: mythologisation.
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Mythologize
(gcide) | Mythologize \My*thol"o*gize\, v. i. [Cf. F. mythologiser.]
1. To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain,
myths; to write upon myths.
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2. To construct and propagate myths.
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Mythologizer
(gcide) | Mythologizer \My*thol"o*gi`zer\, n.
One who, or that which, mythologizes.
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Imagination has always been, and still is, in a
narrower sense, the great mythologizer. --Lowell.
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Mythologue
(gcide) | Mythologue \Myth"o*logue\, n. [See Mythology.]
A fabulous narrative; a myth. [R.]
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May we not . . . consider his history of the fall as an
excellent mythologue, to account for the origin of
human evil? --Geddes.
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Mythology
(gcide) | Mythology \My*thol"o*gy\, 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.
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2. A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe
the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the
Greeks.
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Mythoplasm
(gcide) | Mythoplasm \Myth"o*plasm\, n. [Gr. my^qos myth + pla`ssein to
form.]
A narration of mere fable.
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Mythopoeic
(gcide) | Mythopoeic \Myth`o*poe"ic\, a. [Gr. myqopoio`s making myths;
my^qos myth + poiei^n to make.]
Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical
narratives.
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The mythopoeic fertility of the Greeks. --Grote.
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Mythopoetic
(gcide) | Mythopoetic \Myth`o*po*et"ic\, a. [Gr. my^qos myth + ? able to
make, producing, fr. poiei^n to make.]
Making or producing myths or mythical tales.
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Solar myth
(gcide) | Solar myth \So"lar myth\
A myth which essentially consists of allegory based upon
ideas as to the sun's course, motion, influence, or the like.
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classical mythology
(wn) | classical mythology
n 1: the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together;
much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed
from the Greeks |
demythologisation
(wn) | demythologisation
n 1: the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in
rational terms [syn: demythologization,
demythologisation] |
demythologise
(wn) | demythologise
v 1: remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible
should be demythologized and examined for its historical
value" [syn: demythologize, demythologise] [ant:
mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize] |
demythologised
(wn) | demythologised
adj 1: having mythical elements removed [syn: demythologized,
demythologised] |
demythologization
(wn) | demythologization
n 1: the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in
rational terms [syn: demythologization,
demythologisation] |
demythologize
(wn) | demythologize
v 1: remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible
should be demythologized and examined for its historical
value" [syn: demythologize, demythologise] [ant:
mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize] |
demythologized
(wn) | demythologized
adj 1: having mythical elements removed [syn: demythologized,
demythologised] |
greek mythology
(wn) | Greek mythology
n 1: the mythology of the ancient Greeks |
mythic
(wn) | mythic
adj 1: relating to or having the nature of myth; "a novel of
almost mythic consequence"
2: based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual
basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs"; "the
fabulous unicorn" [syn: fabulous, mythic, mythical,
mythologic, mythological] |
mythical
(wn) | mythical
adj 1: based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking
factual basis or historical validity; "mythical
centaurs"; "the fabulous unicorn" [syn: fabulous,
mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological] |
mythical being
(wn) | mythical being
n 1: an imaginary being of myth or fable |
mythical creature
(wn) | mythical creature
n 1: a monster renowned in folklore and myth [syn: {mythical
monster}, mythical creature] |
mythical monster
(wn) | mythical monster
n 1: a monster renowned in folklore and myth [syn: {mythical
monster}, mythical creature] |
mythical place
(wn) | mythical place
n 1: a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to
exist in fictional or religious writings [syn: {imaginary
place}, mythical place, fictitious place] |
mythicise
(wn) | mythicise
v 1: interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology; "mythicize
the ancient stories" [syn: mythicize, mythicise]
2: make into a myth; "The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66"
[syn: mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise]
[ant: demythologise, demythologize] |
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