mythical

mythical
    adj 1: based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking
           factual basis or historical validity; "mythical
           centaurs"; "the fabulous unicorn" [syn: {fabulous},
           {mythic}, {mythical}, {mythologic}, {mythological}]
    

Mythic \Myth"ic\, Mythical \Myth"ic*al\, a. [L. mythicus, Gr. ?.
   See {Myth}.]
   Of or relating to myths; described in a myth; of the nature
   of a myth; fabulous; imaginary; fanciful; mythological. --
   {Myth"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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         The mythic turf where danced the nymphs. --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.
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         Hengist and Horsa, Vortigern and Rowena, Arthur and
         Mordred, are mythical persons, whose very existence may
         be questioned.                           --Macaulay.
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83 Moby Thesaurus words for "mythical":
      acclaimed, allegoric, allegorical, celebrated, chimerical,
      concocted, cooked-up, created, distinguished, exceptional,
      extraordinary, fabled, fabricated, fabulous, famed, famous,
      fancied, fanciful, fantasied, fantastic, far-famed, far-heard,
      fictional, fictitious, fictive, figmental, forged, hatched,
      honored, imaginary, indescribable, ineffable, invented, legendary,
      made-up, make-believe, manufactured, marked, marvelous,
      much acclaimed, mythic, mythicized, mythified, mythological,
      mythopoeic, mythopoetic, nonactual, nonfactual, nonrealistic,
      notable, noted, noteworthy, notorious, of mark, of note, parabolic,
      phenomenal, popular, portentous, prodigious, put-up, remarkable,
      renowned, romantic, romanticized, storied, stupefying, stupendous,
      supposititious, symbolic, talked-about, talked-of, traditional,
      trumped-up, unexampled, unparalleled, unprecedented, unreal,
      unspeakable, untrue, visionary, well-known, wonderful