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mythical

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myth·i·cal  (mth-kl) also myth·ic (-k)
adj.
1. Of or existing in myth: the mythical unicorn.
2. Imaginary; fictitious.
3. often mythic Of, relating to, or having the nature of a myth: a novel of profound, almost mythic consequence.

mythi·cal·ly adv.

mythical [ˈmɪθɪkəl], mythic [ˈmɪθɪk]
adj
1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) of or relating to myth
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) imaginary or fictitious
mythically  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.mythical - based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs"; "the fabulous unicorn"
unreal - lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"

mythical
adjective
1. legendary, storied, fabulous, imaginary, fairy-tale, fabled, mythological, storybook, allegorical, folkloric, chimerical the mythical beast that had seven or more heads
2. imaginary, made-up, fantasy, invented, pretended, untrue, unreal, fabricated, fanciful, fictitious, make-believe, nonexistent They are trying to preserve a mythical sense of nationhood.
Translations
mythical [ˈmɪθɪkəl] ADJ (Myth) [beast, creature] → mítico; (= imaginary) → imaginario
mythical [ˈmɪθɪkəl] adj
(= imaginary) → mythique
(= non-existent) → mythique
mythical
adj
(of myth)mythisch; the mythical figure/character of Arthurdie mythische Artusfigur, die Sagengestalt des Artus
(= fantastic) proportions, status, figurelegendär; their rivalry has taken on mythical proportionsihre Rivalität ist zur Legende geworden
(= unreal) figure, worldfantastisch, phantastisch; (= invented)erfunden
mythical [ˈmɪθɪkl] adjmitico/a
mythical [ˈmɪθɪkl] adjmitico/a


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Casaubon aimed) that all the mythical systems or erratic mythical fragments in the world were corruptions of a tradition originally revealed.
This mythical tale, of which the subject was a history of the wars of the Athenians against the Island of Atlantis, is supposed to be founded upon an unfinished poem of Solon, to which it would have stood in the same relation as the writings of the logographers to the poems of Homer.
He wants me to help organize an expedition to go to Central America--to the Copan valley, to be exact--to look for this somewhat mythical idol of gold.
 
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