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Meanings of mythological in English

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

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Usage of mythological in English
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It's a mythological reality that we hope our society pays attention to.
Reuters
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And years later, it is still described in mythological questions and statements.
The Guardian
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Indeed, a great many mythological tales warn of the dangers of hubris.
Turn left at the trojan horse: a would-be hero's american odysse...
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The idea of both is mythological, and not in any sense physiological.
Elsie Venner
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A purer form of religion has rejected most of the mythological material.
Nature Mysticism
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Another mythological method of avoidingdeath is by bathing in some immortal fountain.
The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
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Here, in both Scriptural and mythological subjects, there is little to condemn.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 / A Maga...
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These mythological accounts tended to see God as a very distant being.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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The space below was patterned with rosettes, sacred trees, and mythological figures.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4: ...
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In Cowper's poem of Yardley Oak there are some beautiful mythological allusions.
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
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Here, indeed, is the irreconcilable difference between two schools of mythological interpretation.
Modern Mythology
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Exactly-thatI took him for a mythological personage- acousinof our Mrs.
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851
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Pardon my old-fashioned mythological similes,-theygo so well with these rooms-LouisQuinze.
"My Novel" — Volume 12
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Does all our mythological mystery end with a policeman collaring a butler?
The Trees of Pride
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What a loss we have had in Varro's mythological and critical works!
Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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I guess that mythological quality just touches people in some profound, personal way.
Wired
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