mythologist

American  

[mi-thol-uh-jist] / mɪˈθɒl ə dʒɪst /

noun

1. an expert in mythology.

2. a writer of myths.

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mythologist British  

/ mɪˈθɒlədʒɪst /

noun

1. an expert in or student of mythology

2. a writer or editor of myths

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Etymology

Origin of mythologist

1625–35; < Greek mȳthológ ( os ) story-teller ( see mytho-, logo-) + -ist

Example Sentences

Mythologist Devdutt Patnaik has often explained the presence and acceptance of homosexuality in Hinduism.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2018

Mythologist Joseph Campbell said they were the most recently developed tribe on the planet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jupiter, says the Mythologist, to reward the Piety of a certain Country-man, promised to give him whatever he would ask.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

All deep souls see into that,—the Hindoo Mythologist, the German Philosopher,—the Shakspeare, the earnest Thinker, wherever he may be: ‘We are such stuff as Dreams are made of!’

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

All deep souls see into that,—the Hindoo Mythologist, the German Philosopher,—the Shakspeare, the earnest Thinker, wherever he may be: "We are such stuff as Dreams are made of!"

From On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas