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mythographer

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my⋅thog⋅ra⋅pher

[mi-thog-ruh-fer]
–noun
a person who collects or records myths in writing.
Also, my⋅thog⋅ra⋅phist.


Origin:
1650–60; < Gk mȳthográph(os) mythographer (see mytho-, -graph ) + -er 1
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my·thog·ra·pher   (mĭ-thŏg'rə-fər)   
n.  One who records, narrates, or comments on myths.

[From Greek mūthographos, writer of legends : mūthos, word, story + -graphos, -grapher.]
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