Definition of "neomythological"

Samuel F. Johnson initiates a wave of neomythological criticism by isolating aspects of Indo-European culture in the poem: a tribal coronation rite, rites of passage, and a totemic hero.

1997, John D. Niles, “Myth and History”, in Robert E. Bjork, John D. Niles, editors, A Beowulf Handbook, University of Exeter Press, published 1998, page 214

Fantasy, on the other hand, rarely utilizes science, relying instead on magic, mythological and neomythological beings and devices and outright invention for conflict and setting.

2007, Lauren Mosko, Michael Schweer, editors, 2008 Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market, Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, page 541

By this time, however, Maciste had lost his individuality and had become indistinguishable from the many Herculeses, Atlases, and other assorted neomythological strongmen, all played by a host of American bodybuilders.

2008, Gino Moliterno, Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts; 28), The Scarecrow Press, Inc., page 188