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myths

  • plural
    of myth.
    myth
    noun
    a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.

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But he had access to the myths of antiquity through the Latin texts he studied in grammar school, and in translations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

She said in communities where myths existed around screening, time is also required to explain what is involved and allay fears and potentially work with interpreters.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

In the remaining lore, myths recur of episodes of runaway planetary temperature changes, hot and cold, as well as a series of volcanic blasts that changed the globe.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

One of the most central myths in online testosterone research is that the more is always better, without qualification.

From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026

She’d heard myths like that: a kid with an old lady begs for shelter, and when the rude mortals refuse—boom, they get turned into banana slugs.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan