mytho-

1. a combining form representing myth in compound words:

   mythogenesis.

mytho-

combining_form

1. myth

   mythography

   mythogenesis

Word History and Origins

Origin of mytho-¹

< Greek, combining form of mŷthos myth

Example Sentences

A complete outline of the mytho-sociologic organization of the Zui tribe can not in this connection be undertaken.

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Pontano's greatness, here as elsewhere, is shown in his mytho-poetic faculty.

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This is reflected in the nature of religious rituals, an extension of mytho-magical experiences previous to writing.

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When praxis began to differentiate, mytho-magical experiences proved unadaptable to the resulting pragmatic framework.

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Hence the products, so varied and immense, of the animistic tendency and the mytho-poeic faculty.

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