mythos
[mith-os, mahy-thos]
- the underlying system of beliefs, especially those dealing with supernatural forces, characteristic of a particular cultural group.
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Origin of mythos
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Related Words
adage, belief, custom, doctrine, enlightenment, erudition, experience, fable, folklore, information, knowledge, learning, legend, myth, mythology, saga, saw, saying, scholarship, scienceExamples from the Web for mythos
Contemporary Examples
Music Box: An ornate music box that figures prominently into the Dark Shadows mythos.
But for all of her comic relief, Blankenship became a tragic figure in the Mad Men mythos, dying silently at her desk.
Historical Examples
The suggested area was not beyond the limits of the Greek mythos.
OpusculaRobert Gordon Latham
This mythos is still prevalent, though abused for the most atrocious purposes.
Religion In The HeavensLogan Mitchell
Had she only lived earlier in the century she might easily have become the centre of a mythos.
Famous Women: George SandBertha Thomas
To facilitate allusion to the braggadocio, or the extravagant in observation, the mythos of Iagoo is added to his vocabulary.
Every human being has his invisible angel, says the mythos; both are different and yet resemble each other.
O. T.Hans Christian Andersen
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