- a variation of mythical.
mythic
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And the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, establishing it forever as a mythic work of art and the three-minute mile of art theft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
“The Odyssey” had to conjure the grand scale and mythic weight of Homer’s epic poem, the original hero’s journey, which has been a wellspring of western storytelling for thousands of years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The mythic backbone of “Avatar” is in many ways just as simple.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
In the early ’90s, he had attended Long Beach’s mythic Spruce Goose rave, which took over the hulking geodesic dome that once housed eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes’ failed wooden plane.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
He has sung whole love songs to the cynical crowds, told tall stories of courage and honor, doing all this without any mythic display, without savvy, almost embarrassing the urban throng.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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