What is Mythicism?

“Mythicism” is not a religion. It has to do with the idea that many gods, goddesses and other heroes and legendary figures were not “real people” but are in fact mythological characters.

According to D.M. Murdoch, the word “Mythicism” is used these days particularly to define scholars, researchers and others who investigate whether or not the New Testament character of Jesus Christ was a real, historical person or a myth along the lines of the gods, godmen and heroes of other cultures, such as Hercules, Mithra or Horus.