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Definition of myth

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Myth (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 origin of a race, etc.; a wonder story of prehistoric origin; a popular fable which is, or has been, received as historical..

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Euhemerism :: Euhemerism (n.) The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts..

Myth :: Myth (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 origin of a race, etc.; a wonder story of prehistoric origin; a popular fable which is, or has been, received as historical..

Freya :: Freya (n.) The daughter of Njord, and goddess of love and beauty; the Scandinavian Venus; -- in Teutonic myths confounded with Frigga, but in Scandinavian, distinct..

Crocodile :: Crocodile (n.) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile..

Mythologic :: Mythologic (a.) Alt. of Mythologica.

Mythologize :: Mythologize (v. i.) To construct and propagate myths.

Ogygian :: Ogygian (a.) Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of obscure antiquity..

Mythe :: Mythe (n.) See Myth.

Orpheus :: Orpheus (n.) The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre..

Hyperion :: Hyperion (n.) The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty..

Mythopoeic :: Mythopoeic (a.) Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical narratives.

Excalibur :: Excalibur (n.) The name of King Arthur's mythical sword.

Edda :: Edda (n.) The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes..

Mythology :: Mythology (n.) The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.

Mithic :: Mithic (a.) See Mythic.

Kobold :: Kobold (n.) A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow..

Euhemerize :: Euhemerize (v. t.) To interpret (mythology) on the theory of euhemerism.

Mythic :: Mythic (a.) Alt. of Mythica.

Sea Horse :: Sea horse () A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish, represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids. It is also depicted in heraldry. See Hippocampus..

Gastromyth :: Gastromyth (n.) One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist.