MYTH

noun Etymology: Greek ~os Date: 1830 1. a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon, parable , allegory , 2. a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or someone, an unfounded or false notion, a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence, the whole body of ~s