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mythohistory en · NOUN

Etymology

From mytho- + history.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) History contained in mythology.
   • During 1986–1987 in Ecuador we had both focused especially on mythohistory and ethnoaesthetics, seeking ways to present the complexities of indigenous thought and imagery in Spanish and English prose to communicate to broad audiences. 2011, Norman E. Whitten, Dorothea S. Whitten, Histories of the Present: People and Power in Ecuador, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, preface:
   • Taking advantage of their audience's familiarity with American mythohistory, theatrical cartoons, blackout-style sketches embedded within films and television specials, and animated television series such as The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Hysteria, and Time Squad used it as a springboard for comic anarchy. 2019, Peter Swirski, Tero Eljas Vanhanen, The Art of Artertainment: Nobrow, American Style, Vernon Press, →ISBN, page 136:
   • Since Loreto's mythohistory preceded modern academic segregations, it defiantly spans historians' temporal divides. Secondly, and for the same reason, the mythohistory bridges frontier and metropole, two zones that are traditionally contrasted instead of being grouped together. 2018, Karin Vélez, The Miraculous Flying House of Loreto: Spreading Catholicism in the Early Modern World, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 36:

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