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Definitions of myth in various dictionaries:
noun - a traditional story accepted as history
A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the world view of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society: the myth of Eros and Psyche; a creation myth.
Such stories considered as a group: the realm of myth.
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Item of folklore |
Story |
Subject for Bulfinch |
Legendary story |
Story from Olympus |
Sasquatch, e.g. |
Olympian story |
Don't believe it |
Old wives' tale |
Misconception |
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The word for this type of tale comes from the Greek for "story" |
An ancient traditional story of a people |
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A fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology. |
A fictitious story, person, or thing: "German artillery superiority on the Western Front was a myth ( Leon Wolff). |
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Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in society, such as foundational tales. Myths often consist of sacred narratives about gods. According to Finnish folklorist Lauri Honko:* Myth, a story of the gods, a religious account of the beginning of the world, the creation, fundamental events, the exemplary deeds of the gods as a result of which the world, nature and culture were created together with all parts thereof and given their order, which still obtains. A myth expresses and confirms society's religious values and norms, it provides a pattern of behavior to be imitated, testifies to the efficacy of ritual with its practical ends and establishes the sanctity of cult.While myth and other folklore genres may overlap, myth differs from genres such as legend and folktale in that neither are considered to be sacred narratives.Although the term may be used to mean a 'false story' in colloquial speech, myth is commonly used by folklorists and academic |