mythological

mythological
    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}]
    

Mythologic \Myth`o*log"ic\, Mythological \Myth`o*log"ic*al\, a.
   [L. mythologicus: cf. F. mytholigique.]
   1. Of or pertaining to mythology or to myths; as,
      mythological creatures. -- {Myth`o*log"ic*al*ly}, adv.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking
      factual basis or historical validity; mythical; fabulous.

   Syn: fabulous, mythic, mythical.
        [WordNet 1.5]
    

49 Moby Thesaurus words for "mythological":
      acknowledged, admitted, allegoric, conventional, customary,
      established, fabulous, fictional, fictitious, fictive, figmental,
      fixed, folk, hallowed, handed down, heroic, hoary, immemorial,
      inveterate, legendary, long-established, long-standing,
      make-believe, mythic, mythicized, mythified, mythopoeic,
      mythopoetic, nonactual, nonfactual, nonrealistic, of long standing,
      of the folk, oral, parabolic, prescriptive, received, recognized,
      romantic, romanticized, rooted, time-honored, traditional,
      tried and true, true-blue, understood, unwritten, venerable,
      worshipful