myths

noun

A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.

A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.

(uncountable) Such stories as a genre.

A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend

A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.

An invented story, theory, or concept.

Roots

mythosmyth- · Greek · story

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