■ noun
1》 a traditional story concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
2》 a widely held but false belief.
↘a fictitious person or thing.
↘an exaggerated or idealized conception of a person or thing.
Derivatives
~ic adjective
~ical adjective
~ically adverb
Origin
C19 (earlier (C17) as ~ic ): from mod. L. ~us , via late L. from Gk muthos .