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 ( 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
Martin was asked whether “A Game of Thrones” had been inspired by the ideas of mythologist Joseph Campbell, he answered, “The Campbell that influenced me was John W., not Joseph.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2018
The script for George Lucas’s 1977 movie Star Wars was influenced by The Hero with a Thousand Faces, a 1949 book by the American mythologist Joseph Campbell.
From Salon • Nov. 7, 2015
What high, poetic, awe-struck grand old Golfer, Much more of a mythologist than scoffer!
From Poems on Golf by Society, Edinburgh Burgess Golfing
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