mythologist

NOUN
  1. an expert on mythology
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How To Use mythologist In A Sentence

  • I came across some references to this guy, William Henry, who calls himself an ‘investigative mythologist.’
  • Jaya, a retelling of the Mahabharatha by India's leading mythologist, Devdutt Pattanaik, weaves wisdom and enchantment together in stories, commentary, and art. Vamsee Juluri: Writing Mythology in an Age of Reality Crisis
  • Mythologists have long been aware of the fact that certain motifs or archetypes and even whole plots are found in cultures that are not geographically connected.
  • Barrie was his own mythologist: he loved making up stories about himself, and her book is an attempt to unpick the truth.
  • Again, unlike the Christian apologist C.S. Lewis or the "high fantasist" J.R.R. Tolkien, Huxley was not a mythologist or a romantic Medievalist who depreciated the Renaissance. Jonathan D. Moreno: Brave New World Turns 80
  • In a revealing moment, Marlantes recounts a meeting with the mythologist Joseph Campbell, who assumes the role of father confessor: "Did you intend right?
  • I'm a mythologist, Magdalena, of course I would agree with that sentiment.
  • Heroes, according to the mythologist Joseph Campbell, test themselves, put themselves into unfamiliar territory, risk their identity, and come back from an ordeal or adventure with a gift for the community.
  • The late mythologist Joseph Campbell liked to say that a "myth was a metaphor. Turnstyle: 2012: Apocalypse Fatigue
  • The function of the mythologist is not to understand the myth but to decode it, ‘to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact’.
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