ˈmithə̇kəl, -thēk- adjective
or myth·ic -thik, -thēk
Etymology: mythical from Late Latin mythicus (from Greek mythikos, from mythos myth + -ikos -ic) + English -al; mythic from Late Latin mythicus
1.
a. : based on or described in a myth especially as contrasted with factual history : imaginary, fancied, and existent only in myths
the founder of the sacred grove … is clearly the mythical predecessor or archetype of the line of priests who served Diana — J.G.Frazer
b. : fabricated, invented, or imagined in a consciously arbitrary way
a mythical all-star team
or ignorantly and willfully without facts or in defiance of facts
history … shows that the claim to purity of race on the part of any civilized people is entirely mythical — M.R.Cohen
c. : characterized by qualities suitable to myth especially by fantastic or bizarre characteristics
a mythical monster
d. : constituting myth
mythical accounts
2.
a. : characterized by or using myths or mythical matter
mythical writers
b. : construing religious or other narratives about supernatural events to have originated as or to be based on myth
the mythical theory of the Gospels
Synonyms: see fictitious