myth

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Noun

1. 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.
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Such stories as a genre.
3. {{senseid|en|false belief}} 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.
4. A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular [[legend]]
5. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.
6. An invented story, theory, or concept.

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