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 |
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Narrower | Gotterdammerung, Ragnarok, Twilight of the Gods | myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil |
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Broader | story | A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events |
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Spanish | leyenda, mito |
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Catalan | mite, mites |
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Adjectives | mythic | relating to or having the nature of myth |
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mythic, mythical | based on or told of in traditional stories |
Verbs | mythologize | make into a myth |
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