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
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 ● Nov. 3, 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
Folklore is so often treated nowadays merely from the point of view of the comparative mythologist, that it is really delightful to come across a book that deals with the subject simply as literature.
From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar
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