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myth noun. M19.
[mod. Latin mythus, late Latin mythos from Greek muthos. Cf. MYTHOS, MYTHUS.]
A traditional story, either wholly or partially fictitious, providing an explanation for or embodying a popular idea concerning some natural or social phenomenon or some religious belief or ritual; spec. one involving supernatural persons, actions, or events; a similar newly created story. M19.
solar myth: see SOLAR adjective1 & noun2.
A. H. Sayce An attempt..to extract a pseudo-history from the Greek myths. J. D. Crichton At the heart of the ritual action, was the myth. M. Hughes The heroes and heroines of the old myths and sagas.
A widely held (esp. untrue or discredited popular) story or belief; a misconception; a misrepresentation of the truth; an exaggerated or idealized conception of a person, institution, etc.; a person, institution, etc., widely idealized or misrepresented. M19.
George Eliot Many silly myths are already afloat about me, in addition to the truth. J. W. Fulbright The master myth of the cold war is that the Communist bloc is a monolith. B. Emecheta One of the myths she had been brought up to believe: that the white man never lied.
Myths collectively or as a genre; the technique or habit of creating myths. M19.
J. Plamenatz Themes as old as poetry and as myth.
mytheme noun [-EME] an element of a myth regarded as a unit of structure L20.
mythless adjective E20.