myth
[mɪθ]
n
a story about superhuman beings of an earlier age taken by preliterate society to be a true account, usually of how natural phenomena, social customs, etc, came into existence.another word for mythology.another word for mythology
a person or thing whose existence is fictional or unproven
(in modern literature) a theme or character type embodying an idea
Hemingway's myth of the male hero
(esp in the writings of Plato) an allegory or parable
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