mythologist
AmericanEtymology
Origin of mythologist
1625–35; < Greek mȳthológ ( os ) story-teller ( mytho-, logo- ) + -ist
Example Sentences
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Gregg imagined its rooms lit by drink and debate as Steinbeck, Ricketts and mythologist Joseph Campbell hammered out their understanding of the world and the nature of life.
From Los Angeles Times
John Bucher, a mythologist, writer and head of the Joseph Campbell Foundation, spoke with Holmes while he developed the piece, which takes the viewer through the hero’s journey.
From Los Angeles Times
Recently, she was hired by Disney as a mythologist to advise writers on a project due out in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times
If a crime writer, a cosmologist and a mythologist collaborated on a video game, the result might be “Genesis Noir,” the most conceptually audacious game to hit digital storefronts in many moons.
From Washington Post
The 20th century’s two greatest mythologists, Claude Levi-Strauss and Joseph Campbell, credited the operas for the birth of their professions.
From Los Angeles Times
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