transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmith ]
noun
Etymology: Greek mythos
Date: 1830
1.
a. : 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
b. : parable , allegory
2.
a. : a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or someone ; especially : one embodying the ideals and institutions of a society or segment of society
seduced by the American myth of individualism — Orde Coombs
b. : an unfounded or false notion
3. : a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence
4. : the whole body of myths