Mythological means belonging to the ancient stories of gods and heroes. A mythological creature, mythological figures, mythological in origin.
It says the thing comes from myth rather than that it is false, which is the difference from mythical. A mythological creature is one that appears in the stories, whether or not anybody ever believed in it.
1adjectivemythologicalBelonging to the ancient stories of gods and heroes.
“The museum's vases show mythological scenes of gods fighting giants.”
mythological is a quality.
From mythology, from Greek mythos, a story, plus logia, an account.
Latin
mȳthologia
Middle French
mythologie
English
mythology
English, today
mythological
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From mythology + -ical. From mythology + ical. mythology comes from Middle English -, from Middle French mythologie, from Latin mȳthologia. First attested as Middle English - in 1412. From Middle French mythologie, from Latin mȳthologia, from Ancient Greek μυθολογία (“legend”) μυθολογέω (“to tell tales”), from μυθολόγος (“legend”), from μῦθος + λέγω. by surface analysis, myth + -ology or mytho- + -logy.
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