mythist

plural mythists

1. A maker of myths.

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   He defends what he calls the "historic Christ" against the mythists and free-religionists, and professes to accept the principal events recorded in the Gospels as historical facts; but he sees in our Lord only a man conceived and born like other men, and in his character only the normal perfections of our human nature.

   1871, “Steps of Belief”, in Catholic World, volume 12, page 295

   Synonyms: mythmaker