mythonomy (mithonomi)

[ Though we may thus explain the mythopœic fertility of the Greeks, I am far from pretending that we can render any sufficient account of the supreme beauty of their chief epic and artistical productions. Grote, Hist. Greece, i. 16. mythopeist, mythopæist (mith-ō-pē'ist), n. [As mythopeic + -ist .] A myth-maker. The Vedic mythopæist is never weary of personifying this particular part of celestial nature [the dawn). Keary , Prim. Belief, p. 145. IMG:content-1180.png:[blocks in formation] mythopœic, mythopæist. See mythopeic, myth mythopoetic (mith'ō-po-etik), a. [ mythology.] Same as mythological mytholog (mith-o-loj'i-kal), a. [ logic + -al.] Relating to mythology; proceed V proceed ing from mythology; containing myths; fabulous: as, a mythological account of the creation. logy; of the nature of a myth; myth, + ποιητικός, capable of making: see po etic.] Same as mythopeic. mythus (mi'thus), n.; pl. mythi (-thi). [NL., μύθος , myth: see myth .] Same as myth , 1. Mytilacea (mit-i-lā'sē-ä), n . pl. [NL. (Cuvier, 1817), Mytilus + -ace a .] 1. The mu el family, in a broad sense; the Mytilida . In De Blainville's cla ification (1825) this family consisted of Mytilus (including Modiola and Litho dom us ) and Pinna , Mytilacea 2. A superfamily or suborder of bivalves, comprising the families Mytilida, Aviculidæ, Pra sinida, and those differentiated from them.