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/ˈmɪθəlɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈmɪθəˌlɔɡ/, /ˈmɪθəˌlɑɡ/ rare.
A mythical story; a myth.
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1792 A. Geddes tr. Bible I. Pref. p. xi May we not..consider his history of the Fall as an excellent mythologue, to account for the origin of human evil.
1860 Harper's Mag. Aug. 331 ‘It is true,’ said Castor to Pollux (were they, perhaps, a myth, or mythologue of the brain's duality?).
1908 J. Davidson Mammon & his Message ii. ii. 52 Not in an emblem of the Universe, A tale, a coarse archaic mythologue, But in the matter symbolized I mean To root the mind of man.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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