Definition of "mythologist" [my•thol•o•gist]

• A person who studies mythology (noun)

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• "The late mythologist Joseph Campbell liked to say that a "myth was a metaphor.""
• "As renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell noted in his studies on heroes and the monomyth, these stories conveyed universal truths while at the same time exploring deep-rooted, personal meanings."
• "Again, unlike the Christian apologist C.S. Lewis or the "high fantasist" J.R.R. Tolkien, Huxley was not a mythologist or a romantic Medievalist who depreciated the Renaissance."