mythologist
Americannoun
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an expert in or student of mythology
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a writer or editor of myths
Etymology
Origin of mythologist
1625–35; < Greek mȳthológ ( os ) story-teller ( see mytho-, logo-) + -ist
Example Sentences
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Sun Ra was a mythologist, in a very benevolent, deliberate, emancipative sense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Recently, she was hired by Disney as a mythologist to advise writers on a project due out in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
“Can’t we not only financially but emotionally invest in the youth? That’s what an elder is supposed to do. My friend Michael Mead, the mythologist, said, ‘Everybody gets older, but not everybody gets elder.’
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2017
Both could be used to describe Michelle Boulé’s latest work, “The Monomyth,” which takes partial inspiration from the writer and mythologist Joseph Campbell, who coined the saying.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2017
The magnificence of Pelops imparts lustre even to the brilliant dreams of the mythologist.
From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by John Henry Newman
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