It is generally thought that the Romanies, because they had no written language until relatively recently, have origins obscured by some mythical past.

Historical stories set in a mythical and fantastical past were popular.

The origins and development of this honour were obscure: Roman historians placed the first triumph in the mythical past.

But this is a special machine, and its creators deliver a smooth, exciting ride to a mythical past.

They believed most piously in a remote past; some might call it a mythical past.

This represented the ancient and mythical past.

They conjure a mythical past, an alternative present, one my father would be happy to indulge in if it wasn't for the war.

The story opens at some point in the mythical past.

There are ways in which people try and get back to their original culture, reconstruct the good old mythical past.

The Shahnameh is about the mythical and historical past of Iran.