1. • noun - a traditional story accepted as history
2. • A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the world view of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society: the myth of Eros and Psyche; a creation myth.
   • Such stories considered as a group: the realm of myth.
   • A story, a theme, an object, or a character regarded as embodying an aspect of a culture: a star whose fame turned her into a myth; the pioneer myth of suburbia.
   • A fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology.
   • A fictitious story, person, or thing: “German artillery superiority on the Western Front was a myth” (Leon Wolff).
3. • n - a type of traditional story

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