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‖ mythus|ˈmaɪθəs| [mod.L. = late L. mȳthos (see mythos).] = myth n. 1.
1825Coleridge Lit. Rem. (1836) II. 335 This the most venerable, and perhaps most ancient of the Grecian mythi, is a philosopheme. 1831Carlyle Misc. (1840) III. 229 The rudest heart quails with awe at the wild mythus of Faust. 1841R. C. Trench Parables 4 The Parable is different from the Mythus, inasmuch as in the Mythus, the truth and that which is only the vehicle of the truth are wholly blended together. 1850Thackeray Pendennis II. xxiii. 237 Conscience! What is conscience?.. What is public or private faith? Mythuses alike enveloped in enormous tradition. 1892Athenæum 24 Sept. 410/3 They consist of mythus and tradition intermingled and intertangled. |