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It is an adjective that is used to describe something that is based on or related to a myth, legend, or superstition. For example, "The museum held many artifacts from mythical creatures."
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mythical
adjective
Existing in myth.
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"He was a mythical figure in my childhood... and his many musical scores, essays and patents in addition to his prolific artistic output attest to his many talents," she said.
Related: Coricancha, the Incas' temple of the sun: a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 3 As an independent nation Indian archeologists have remained enchanted by the chance to uncover signs of the mythical Indraprastha.
At this level, it's a poised graphic object, but its eccentric repertoire of figurative imagery – mythical monsters, dismembered limbs, bugs and gargoyles – and its frantic, deranged textual contents violently contradict its formal elegance.
Moreover, it is a transformational book because it portrays Nigeria as a place that is mythical, marvellous, chaotic and slightly dangerous, yet also wildly fascinating, with a magnetic power to attract its brightest emigrés back to its shores.
Foxx's odyssey from captive slave to mythical avenger, enabled by Waltz's liberal German "dentist", is often an exhilarating ride, though the action is constantly slowed up by Tarantino's love of his own dialogue – if only he'd kept that chained in.
Skyrim is a computer game set in the mythical world of Tamriel, where human intercourse consists of fighting, stealing, magic and trade.
Young and old alike partake in the customs, dressing up and painting their faces to resemble mythical beasts and near-forgotten pagan deities.
Russia's own role in fixing the terms of German unification was now erased from memory, replaced by a mythical sequence of unmediated aggressions whose ultimate purpose was to justify current Russian policy in the Ukraine.
In Cornish myth it is the scene for a mythical encounter between a young man and a mermaid he charms from the water by singing.
It is here that Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan made landfall in 1520, encountering the tall Tehuelche tribesmen whom he called Patagones, after a mythical character in a chivalric tale, leading to the region's name.
The strict rituals and prayers recited in the Doongerwadi 'bunglis' where the family remains closeted for three days, guarantee the untroubled passage of the soul across the mythical 'chinvat bridge' – and help the living towards a 'closure'closure
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