Mythogeography
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The myths and/or folklore associated with a place. countable, uncountable
"These contemporaries, in effect, amount to all peoples of the world known at the time of our author, with the exception of the Indians and the Chinese, knowledge of whom was, curiously, largely confined to the lore of mythogeography and of fantastic ethnology."
- 2 The creation of an assemblage of interpretations about a place based on various symbols, ideas, stories, and patterns that it evokes. countable, uncountable
"This paper considers the exploration of, and performance on, a single street in Exeter, UK, as guided by an idea of 'mythogeography' and a determination to address a place as a multiplicity of meanings, objects, accretions, rhythms and exceptions."
Example
More examples"These contemporaries, in effect, amount to all peoples of the world known at the time of our author, with the exception of the Indians and the Chinese, knowledge of whom was, curiously, largely confined to the lore of mythogeography and of fantastic ethnology."
Etymology
From mytho- + geography.
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