mythic

Example Sentences

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In Borneo, a mythic spider brings forth life by feeding a tree; in Polynesia, spider-silk ladders connect heaven and earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

For all the recent excitement around Zcash, the token lacks a feature that helped fuel bitcoin’s mythic status: a mysterious creator.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Griffin even made for himself an industry town called Frostproof—a canny, if defiant, advertising play, named years prior, after the town had survived the mythic 1895 freeze without much issue.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

The character they built for “Normal” was intentionally less mythic and more grounded than the former government assassin Odenkirk plays in “Nobody.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Many mythic heroes in Greek and Norse mythology, after all, made celebrated efforts to visit Hell.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan