mythistory

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noun

A history incorporating elements of myth.

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Meanings

nounmythistory (countable and uncountable, plural mythistories)

plural mythistories

  1. countableuncountableA history incorporating elements of myth.

    In Mayan, Aztec, and Laguna mythistories, the world we presently inhabit is the Fifth; for traditional Hopis and Navajos, this is the Fourth World.

    2006, Ernest Stromberg, American Indian Rhetorics of Survivance, page 220
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    The phenomenon of mythistory has a continued tradition from Herodotus through Machiavelli to Scott, Burckhardt, Michelet and Kantorowicz, as the renowned historian Joseph Mali explains […]

    2005, Andreas Gaile, Fabulating Beauty: Perspectives on the Fiction of Peter Carey, page 38

Origin

Blend of myth + history.

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mythistory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mythistory

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“mythistory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mythistory. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mythistory,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mythistory.

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