n.
- a traditional story concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
- a widely held but false belief.
▸a fictitious person or thing.
▸an exaggerated or idealized conception of a person or thing.
Derivative
- mythic adj.
- mythical adj.
- mythically adv.
Etymology
C19 (earlier (C17) as mythic): from mod. L. mythus, via late L. from Gk muthos.