Myth

What do we mean by myth?

A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society. noun

Such stories considered as a group. noun

A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal. noun

A fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology. noun

A fictitious story, person, or thing. noun

A landmark for directing the course of a vessel through a channel, or along a dangerous shore. noun

A traditional story in which the operations of natural forces and occurrences in human history are represented as the actions of individual living beings, especially of men, or of imaginary extra-human beings acting like men; a tale handed down from primitive times, and in form historical, but in reality involving elements of early religious views, as respecting the origin of things, the powers of nature and their workings, the rise of institutions, the history of races and communities, and the like; a legend of cosmogony, of gods and heroes, and of animals possessing wondrous gifts. noun

In a looser sense, an invented story; something purely fabulous or having no existence in fact; an imaginary or fictitious individual or object: as, his wealthy relative was a mere myth; his having gone to Paris is a myth. Myth is thus often used as a euphemism for falsehood or lie. noun

An abbreviation of mythological, mythology. noun

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 story of prehistoric origin; a popular fable which is, or has been, received as historical. noun

A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable. noun

History made of, or mixed with, myths. noun

A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc. noun

Such stories as a genre noun

A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality. noun

A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend noun

A traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people noun

A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.

Such stories as a genre.

A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.

A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend

A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.

A story based on a collection of actual happenenings that are all accredited to one person. The actual events may have taken place hundreds of years apart when researched. Urban Dictionary

Obviously, it's a female moth. What else do you need to know. Urban Dictionary

A cool way to prove something is incorrect Urban Dictionary

OK the part about ex partners remaining friends turns out to be a myth. I still want to believe it but..its a myth Urban Dictionary

A story about mystical beings, powers or events otherwise impossible to perform in reality that only exist in imagination. Urban Dictionary

A true and genuine loss of words and or understanding about an action, place, event or even a name. 'Mythed' is a kin to baffled, baffed and snookered.....Mythed should be added to the Oxford dictionary because its sooo necessary. Urban Dictionary

It can be used as an expression to convey the rarity of something. Urban Dictionary

A highly important person who mysteriously vanishes on a regular basis - usually during work hours Urban Dictionary

1. n. A real-time strategy game created by Bungie, the same fine folks who brought us Halo and the Marathon series. While Bungie no longer supports the game, it still has a thriving, tho small, community, which can always be found on Playmyth.net 2. v. To play Myth, esp. Myth II Also see hoor. Urban Dictionary

Making the impossible, POSSIBLE ! Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to myth:
myth.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word myth:
sisyphus, metamorphoses, orpheus, myths, osiris, prometheus, zeus, mythical, mythology, goddess, underworld, mythological, folklore, legend, gods, ritual, deity, epic, apollo, narrative, tale, hero, legends, reality, origins, twentieth, origin, god, belief, flood, creation, cult, divine, sacred, heaven, tales, invented, ancient, fantasy, dragon, explain, religion, egyptian, greek, poem, jesus, truth, symbol, story.

Words that rhyme with myth:
with, smith, pith, forthwith, scythe, monolith, writhe, wordsmith, herewith, blacksmith, fifth, grith, aerosmith, withe, frith, locksmith, goldsmith, smyth, blyth, brith, coppersmith, arrowsmith, stith, granny smith, joseph smith, hammersmith, wayland the smith, highsmith, coopersmith, beckwith, messersmith, dith, arrasmith, hockensmith, booksmith, brocksmith, fithe, hockersmith, ledwith, rhinesmith, richardsonsmith, skipwith, stallsmith.

Adjectives that are often used to describe myth:
greek, ancient, old, popular, american, christian, classical, national, modern, common, personal, religious, romantic, cultural, original, central, pure, celtic, historical, western, egyptian, indian, biblical, solar, founding, traditional, powerful, babylonian, mere, heroic, pagan, cosmogonic, gnostic, agrarian, irish, classic, primitive, urban, persistent, widespread, dangerous, tragic, norse, roman, platonic, european, sun, famous, poetic, sacred, chinese, beautiful, dominant, racial, universal, aryan, nordic, literary, vedic, japanese, sumerian, contemporary, known, enduring, collective, revolutionary, cosmological, male, convenient, foundational, aztec, patriarchal, familiar, promethean.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective myth:
making, makers, maker, number, criticism, reality, ritual, mahing, god, everybody, building, buster, incest, science, information, symbol, analysis, today, book, conceptions, culture, collecting, telling, theory, eating, tales, creation, land, consultant, lands, cult, literature, busting, stories, breaking, shattering, representation, the, holding, creating, belief, scientists, masters, dream.

Consonant match to myth:
moth, mouth, mirth, math, meth, meath, muth, meth-.

Words that sound like myth:
myth, mith, meth, meth-, mouth, math, moth, muth, meath, mathe, mythe, meeth, maath, nith, miss, mic, smith, mit, mc, mirth, mitt, mick, mis, myths, ms, miff, mik, mim, miz, smyth, neth, mett, misse, ms., mizz, mec, mif, mither, mys, minth, miht, myt, myk, mse, mym, murth, myh, micc, mih, mihm, miw, mytho, mirthe, mmic, mis-, mrh, mrw, with, neath, noth, nath, withe, hith, nathe, neith, nuth, hithe, mess, met, mes, meh, mem, maam, mech, mch, meck, mek, mette, messe, meff, meths, menthe, mck, metho, macc, mcc, meph, hma, macx, mecc, -mas, mece, meaa, mekk, methi, maaa, meq, mcq, mcw, mehs.