Толковый словарь английского языка - myth
Myth
myth
noun Etymology: Greek ~os Date: 1830 1. a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon, parable , allegory , 2. a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or someone, an unfounded or false notion, a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence, the whole body of ~s
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n. 1 a traditional narrative usu. involving supernatural or imaginary persons and embodying popular ideas on natural or social phenomena etc. 2 such narratives collectively. 3 a widely held but false notion. 4 a fictitious person, thing, or idea. 5 an allegory (the Platonic myth). Derivatives mythic adj. mythical adj. mythically adv. Etymology: mod.L mythus f. LL mythos f. Gk muthos ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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