neomythological
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From neo- + mythological.
Adjective
[edit]neomythological (not comparable)
- Of or relating to neomythology.
- 1997, John D. Niles, “Myth and History”, in Robert E. Bjork, John D. Niles, editors, A Beowulf Handbook, University of Exeter Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 214:
- Samuel F. Johnson initiates a wave of neomythological criticism by isolating aspects of Indo-European culture in the poem: a tribal coronation rite, rites of passage, and a totemic hero.
- 2007, Lauren Mosko, Michael Schweer, editors, 2008 Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market, Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, →ISBN, page 541:
- Fantasy, on the other hand, rarely utilizes science, relying instead on magic, mythological and neomythological beings and devices and outright invention for conflict and setting.
- 2008, Gino Moliterno, Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts; 28), The Scarecrow Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 188:
- By this time, however, Maciste had lost his individuality and had become indistinguishable from the many Herculeses, Atlases, and other assorted neomythological strongmen, all played by a host of American bodybuilders.