myth
/miTH/
noun
- a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events."ancient Celtic myths"synonyms: folk tale, story, folk story, legend, tale, fable, saga, allegory, parable, tradition, lore, folklore, mythos, mythus
- a widely held but false belief or idea."he wants to dispel the myth that sea kayaking is too risky or too strenuous"synonyms: misconception, fallacy, mistaken belief, false notion, misbelief, old wives' tale, fairy story, fairy tale, fiction, fantasy, delusion, figment of the imagination, invention, fabrication, falsehood, untruth, lie, trumped-up story, fake news, alternative fact, story, tall story, tall tale, fib, cock and bull story, kidology
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5 days ago · The meaning of MYTH is a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people ...
noun · 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, ...