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Meanings of mythic in English

Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity.

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Usage of mythic in English
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He wanted to invest the least possible time accomplishing this mythic jailbreak.
Surrender to the will of the night
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Despite its ancient origins and almost mythic status, however, leprosy remains mysterious.
Wired
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Such is the general outline of the mythic history of the Centaurs.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
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At other times her storytelling takes on more of a mythic quality.
Radio NZ
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He's solved the traditional mythic dilemma by having his servants feed him.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
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Well, it was mythic then, enough to stick to a small child.
Wired
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Easter Sunday came and went, and still the mythic number has not risen.
The Guardian
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What we said: Harris suffuses the everyday with a mythic dignity.
The Guardian
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His aim was to make a film of literally mythic power.
The Guardian
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The following lines are those in which he alludes to the mythic story.
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
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The lore of this Shaman is composed of mythic tales of ancient animals.
Canyons of the Colorado
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The blacks refuse to visit the range haunted by the mythic stone beast.
Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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By this point, the Sex Pistols were well into their mythic, paranoid stage.
The Guardian
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Tolkien's mythic classic The Hobbit finally starts filming this July in New Zealand.
Wired
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On Urnud we had legends of a lost, mythic Golden Age.
Anathem
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In that way it recalls nothing so much as the near-mythic Acura NSX.
BBC
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Mythic through the time
Mythic across language varieties
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