mythist

English

Etymology

myth +‎ -ist

Noun

mythist (plural mythists)

1. A maker of myths.

   Synonym: mythmaker

   • 1871, “Steps of Belief”, in Catholic World, volume 12, page 295:

     He defends what he calls the "historic Christ" against the mythists and free-religionists, and professes to accept the principal events recorded in the Gospels as historical facts; but he sees in our Lord only a man conceived and born like other men, and in his character only the normal perfections of our human nature.