Reverse Dictionary: MYTH

ADJECTIVES
► FABULOSE fond of myths, fables, or enigmas → 1677 obs.
► MYTH-HAUNTED haunted by myths; steeped in myth → 1859
► MYTHOCLASTIC destroying or discrediting a myth; devoted to the destruction of myths → 1881
► MYTHOGENIC that creates a myth; given to forming myths → 1958
► MYTHO-HEROIC concerned with mythical heroes → 1841
► MYTHOLOGIC based on mythology → 1664
► MYTHOLOGICAL based on mythology or mythical narrative → 1614
► MYTHOPOEIC that creates or gives rise to a myth → 1846
► MYTHOPOETIC creating myths; relating to myths; characterized by the creation of myths → 1880
► MYTHOPOETICAL creating myths; relating to myths; characterized by the creation of myths → 1900
► MYTHOPOIETIC relating to myths; characterized by the creation of myths → 1887
► MYTHY resembling a myth; reminiscent of myth → 1852

ADVERBS
► MYTHOLOGICALLY by means of myths → 1659
► MYTHOLOGICLY by means of myths → 1611 obs.

NOUNS
► FABULOSITY mythical character; fictitiousness; said of a composition or narrative →603
► GUY SKOOTAS a mythical creature, used to frighten children and ignorant African-Americans → 1930 Amer. dial.
► MYTHICALISM belief in myths →1896
► MYTHICISM a tendency to create myths; also, the condition of having mythic status →1953
► MYTHICIZATION the creation of a myth → 1969
► MYTHIFICATION the creation of myths; a turning something into a myth → 1865
► MYTHISM a mythic quality or character → 1984
► MYTHISTORY history mixed with myth; a mythologized version of history →1731
► MYTH-KITTY a body of myths known to and shared by the members of a particular society or community → 1955
► MYTHOGENESIS the creation of myths → 1887
► MYTHOGONY the origin of myths → 1889
► MYTHOGRAPH an artistic representation of a mythical subject → 1893
► MYTHOGRAPHY the compilation, description, or analysis of myths → 1882
► MYTHOLOGEM  a mythical story → 1884
► MYTHOLOGIC a mythological character or narrative → a1631 obs.
► MYTHOLOGIZATION a mythologizing a person or thing; interpretation as a myth → 1878
► MYTHOLOGUE a mythical story; a myth → 1792
► MYTHOMANIA a tendency or compulsion to create myths, tell lies, or exaggerate; an obsession with myths and mythology  → 1909
► MYTHONOMY the analysis of myths → 1876
► MYTHOPLASM the beliefs or ideas from which myths are created → 1731
► MYTHOPOEIA the creation of a myth → 1860
► MYTHOPOEM a mythic poem → 1882
► MYTHOPOESIS the creation of a myth → 1882
► MYTHOPOETICS the creation of myths → 1965
► MYTHOPOETIZING the creation of a myth → 1893
► MYTHOPOETRY mythic poetry; also, the creation of myths → 1869
► MYTHOS a myth; a traditional story → 1753
► MYTHUS a myth; a traditional story → 1825
► RING-TAIL DEVIL a mythical, ferocious animal → 1968 Amer. dial.
► RING-TAILED PAINTER a mythical, ferocious animal → 1828 Amer. dial.
► RING-TAILED ROARER a mythical, ferocious animal → 1830 Amer. dial.
► RING-TAILED SNORTER a mythical, ferocious animal → 1950 Amer. dial.
► RING-TAILED SQUEALER a mythical, ferocious animal → 1837 Amer. dial.
► RING-TAILED TOOTER a mythical, ferocious animal → 1941 Amer. dial.
► RING-TAIL PEELER a mythical, ferocious animal → 1913 Amer. dial.
► RING-TAIL ROARER a mythical, ferocious animal → 1832 Amer. dial.
► RING-TAIL SNORTER a mythical, ferocious animal → 1859 Amer. dial.
► RING-TAIL SQUEALER a mythical, ferocious animal → 1898 Amer. dial.
► RING-TAIL TOOTER a mythical, ferocious animal → 1909 Amer. dial.
► SIDEHILL GOUGER ► SIDEHILL WINDER a mythical animal whose legs are shorter on one side than the other from years of grazing on a hillside → 1975 US sl.
► WITHERLICK a mythical or imaginary animal → 1900 Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► MYTHICIZER an interpreter or student of myths → 1840
► MYTHIST a student, interpreter, or creator of myths → 1841
► MYTHOCLAST a person who destroys or discredits a myth → 1890
► MYTHOGRAPH a writer, narrator, or collector of myths → 1891 obs.
► MYTHOGRAPHER a writer, narrator, or collector of myths → 1660
► MYTHOGRAPHIST a person who practices mythography; an artist who depicts mythical subjects → 1834
► MYTHOLOGER a writer or creator of myths → 1604
► MYTHOLOGIAN a writer or creator of myths → a1600
► MYTHOLOGIST a writer or creator of myths → 1608
► MYTHOLOGIZER a person who creates myths, or who interprets things in mythological terms → 1641
► MYTHOMANE a person having a tendency or compulsion to create myths, tell lies, or exaggerate → 1954
► MYTHOMANIAC a person having a tendency or compulsion to create myths, tell lies, or exaggerate → 1857
► MYTHOPOEIST a creator of myths → 1873
► MYTHOPOET a writer of mythic poetry → 1876

VERBS
► MYTH-HAUNT to haunt with myths → 1940
► MYTHICIZE to turn into myth; to make into the subject of a myth → 1840
► MYTHIFY to create a myth about  → 1873
► MYTHIZE to interpret as myth → 1851 obs.
► MYTHOLOGIZE to recount a myth or myths → 1609
► MYTHOPOETIZE to produce myths → 1908