NOUN | communication | myth | a traditional story accepted as history |
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Sounds | mih'th | |
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Rhymes | arrowsmith ... zenith: 33 rhymes with ihth... |
Meaning | A traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people. | |
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Member of | mythology | myths collectively |
Narrower | Gotterdammerung, Ragnarok, Twilight of the Gods | myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil |
Broader | story | A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events |
Spanish | leyenda, mito | |
Catalan | mite, mites | |
Adjectives | mythic | relating to or having the nature of myth |
mythic, mythical | based on or told of in traditional stories | |
Verbs | mythologize | make into a myth |
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