myth
| 1. | a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, esp. one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature. |
| 2. | stories or matter of this kind: realm of myth. |
| 3. | any invented story, idea, or concept: His account of the event is pure myth. |
| 4. | an imaginary or fictitious thing or person. |
| 5. | an unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution. |
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