mythoclast

mythoclast

an opponent of myths. — mythoclastic, adj.
See also: Mythology
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In conclusion, Osundare may be thought in the light of the above explanation to be both a mythopoeist and a mythoclast, at once rooting for and universalizing his autochthonous Yoruba animistic metaphysics and using Western-derived socialist humanism as an alter/native mythicohistorical template to construct an inclusive, pan-human, at times essentialist and ahistorical perspective, but ultimately providing us with a grandly utopian and emancipatory vision.
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