Look up: myth

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   Myth
   Cycles Body of lore about any land or people that makes up their mythology.
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   Myth
   A made up story often about gods and spirits which is told to explain things about the world.
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   myth
   [n] - a traditional story accepted as history
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   myth
   A story often about gods and spirits which was told to explain things about the world.
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   Myth
   an ancient traditional story of gods or heroes which addresses a problem or concern of human existence. May include an explanation of some fact or phenomenon.
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   Myth
   Myth noun [ Written also mythe .] [ Greek my^qos myth, fable, tale, talk, speech: confer French mythe .] 1. A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; an ancient legend of a god, a hero, the origin of a race, etc.; a wonder ...
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   myth
   noun a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
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   Myth
   In the academic fields of mythology, mythography, or folkloristics, a `myth` (`mythos`) is a sacred story concerning the origins of the world or how the world and the creatures in it came to be in their present form. The active beings in myths are generally gods and heroes. Myths often are said to take place before recorded history begins. In saying that a myth is a sacred narrative, what is meant is that a myth is believed to be true by people w...
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   Myth
   • (n.) A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable. • (n.) A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; an ancient legend of a god, a hero, the ori...
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    myth
    a symbolic narrative, usually of unknown origin and at least partly traditional, that ostensibly relates actual events and that is especially ... [70 related articles]
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    myth
    myth 1. A purely fictitious narrative usually involving supernatural persons, actions, or events, and embodying some popular idea concerning natural or historical phenomena. 2. A fictitious or imaginary person or object.
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    myth
    An ancient story with magic elements included.
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    Myth
    (Gr. mythes, legend) The truth, symbolically, or affectively, presented. Originally, the legends of the Gods concerning cosmogonical or cosmological questions. Later, a fiction presented as historically true but lacking factual basis; a popular and traditional falsehood. A presentation of cosmology, employing the affective method of symbolic repre...
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