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Myth

Definition: Myth

Myth

Noun

1. A traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "myth" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)

Note: Myth \Myth\, noun. [Written also mythe.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Christian mythology

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A myth is a story with 'deep explanatory or symbolic significance', and Christian myth is therefore a story that explains or symbolises Christian beliefs.

In theological and academic studies describing a story as myth does not imply falsehood. A true story can also be symbolic and explanatory. However in common usage a myth is a story that is not true. Describing Christian beliefs, such as Bible stories, as myth is therefore usually considered an attack on those beliefs.

Many stories that do not come from sacred Christian texts and still do illustrate Christian themes, or are intended to foster Christian values, or address spiritual traditions. These stories are considered by some Christian journalists, theologians, and academics (see citations below) to constitute a body of Christian mythology. There are also stories which were once taken as true but are no longer accepted by most Chrstians, such as the tale of Saint George.

A selection of such stories might include:

Stories written as fiction and always known as such are sometimes regarded as mythological if they illustrate central Christian themes very powerfully. However many are better regarded as allegory. Examples of these might include:

Some people would include J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings or George MacDonald's At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, and Phantastes in this category.

External citations

External links

See also: Myth, Mythology, Islamic mythology, Hebrew mythology, Greek mythology

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Christian mythology."

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Greek mythology

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Greek mythology is the set of legends which come from the religion of ancient Hellenic civilization. These stories were familiar to all ancient Greekss and, although some thinkers professed skepticism, they provided the people with both rituals and history.

See also: Greek religion, Roman mythology, Roman religion, paganism

In Greek mythology, the gods in the Greek pantheon are given human form, but are first and foremost personifications of the forces of the universe. As such they are more or less unchanging, and while they sometimes seem to have a sense of justice, they are often petty or vengeful. The gods' favors are won by sacrifices and piety, but this does not guarantee them, for the gods are known to be prone to frequent changes of mind. Their anger is harsh and their love can be just as dangerous.

The world of Greek mythology is quite complex. It is full of monsters, wars, intrigue, and meddling gods. And there are heroes to help overcome these problems. Men and women were much greater in those days, of course, though the Greeks did not see any wide gulf between their history and their religion (see, for example, The Iliad and The Odyssey). Such beliefs can be compared to the way in which, for instance, some Christian creationists today equate the Bible literally with their history. The Greeks saw themselves as the direct descendants of the mythological heroes and their culture. In addition to the continuing use of and allusion to mythology in literature, Greek mythology today makes for some wonderful stories that remain enjoyable.

Greek mythology continues to be an important cultural reference long after the Greek religion with which it was entwined ceased to be practiced. There was, to be sure, a Christian move to deface or destroy idols and other images that reflected the public cult of the gods when Christianity replaced paganism as the official faith of the Roman Empire. Literature posed a harder problem to the Christians; it would be impossible to erase the influence of Greek mythology there without casting aside the Iliad and the other works of Homer, Theocritus, Vergil, Ovid, and hundreds of other authors that none but a few zealots were willing to cast aside. Greek mythology thus has persisted for more than a millennium after Greek religion became extinct. Even the most Christian literature is often filled with allusions to Greek and Roman mythology, as a glimpse at Milton's Paradise Lost makes plain:

By younger Saturn, he from mightier Jove
His own and Rhea's Son like measure found;
So Jove usurping reign'd: these first in Crete
And Ida known, thence on the Snowy top
Of cold Olympus rul'd the middle Air
Thir highest Heav'n; or on the Delphian Cliff,
Or in Dodona, and through all the bounds
Of Doric Land; or who with Saturn old
Fled over Adria to th' Hesperian Fields,
And ore the Celtic roam'd the utmost Isles.
--Paradise Lost, book I

List of Greek mythological characters

Some important mythical places:

Sources: Ovid, The Metamorphoses -- Apuleius, The Golden Ass -- Homer, The Iliad and The Odyssey -- Hesiod, The Theogony

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Myth

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

See also:Mythology

A myth is a story which has deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture. The term is sometimes used pejoratively in reference to common beliefs of a culture or for the beliefs of a religion to imply that the story is both fanciful and fictional. But even historical facts can serve as myths if they are important to a culture. Most often the term refers specifically to ancient tales from very old cultures, such as Greek mythology or Roman mythology. Some myths descended originally as part of an oral tradition and were only later written down, and many of them exist in multiple versions.

All cultures have developed over time their own mythology, consisting of legends of their history, their religions, and their heroes. The myths that make up a culture's mythology are stories with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture, which is the usual explanation for why they remain with the culture sometimes for thousands of years. Myths are therefore to be distinguished from fables, folktales, fairy tales, anecdotes, or simple fiction.

One notable genre of myth is the creation myth, a myth which explains how the Universe we observe was created, usually by God or gods.

Another genre of myth is the Trickster myth, a myth explaining events as the result of pranks or tricks played by one of the gods.

Joseph Campbell (March 26, 1904 - October 31, 1987) was considered the world's leading authority on myth and the history of spirituality.

See also: Mythical place

Also, myth is often used in a journalistic sense to refer to a commonly held but erroneous belief.

e.g., see urban myth or urban legend.

External Links

Myth is also the title of a computer game. See Myth (computer game).

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Myth."

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Myth (computer game)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Myth is a series of real-time strategy computer games, specifically, Myth: The Fallen Lords, Myth II: Soulblighter, and Myth III: The Wolf Age. The latter was developed by Mumbo Jumbo Software and published by Take 2 Interactive, the former developed and self-published by Bungie Software, now a division of Microsoft under the name Bungie Studios. Upon Bungie's sale to Microsoft in 2000, Bungie sold the rights to the Myth franchise to Take 2 Interactive.

These games represented a departure from old standards such as Warcraft in that resource retrieval and unit construction were de-emphasized in favor of squad-level and single-creature-level tactics. They were also remarkable for depth of free multigamer internet-play support, intense and continuing fan activity on the web (including a wide range of fan-created mods), and simultaneous Macintosh and Windows PC development and release.


An in-game screenshot of Myth: The Fallen Lords.
The player controls a band of various units
into battle against the enemy
Myth II was later ported to the Linux operating system by Loki Games.

Release dates:

Storyline

The Myth series is emotively set in a Tolkienesque world, beset by an undead enemy bent on destruction. The leaders of the Undead are known as The Fallen Lords.

External Links:

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=57129&cid=5517624

(Note: game serial numbers are no longer required to play on the online multiplayer servers anymore, so you may play again if you have lost yours)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Myth (computer game)."

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Mythology

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A mythology is a relatively cohesive set of myths: stories that comprise a certain religion or belief system.

What is Mythology?

Myths are generally stories based on tradition and legend designed to explain the universe, the world's creation, natural phenomena, and anything else for which no simple explanation presents itself. Not all myths need have this explicatory purpose, however. Likewise, most myths involve a supernatural force or deity, but many are simply legends and stories passed down orally from generation to generation.

Mythology figures prominently in most religions, and most mythology is tied to at least one religion. Some use the words "myth" and "mythology" to portray the stories of one or more religions as false, or dubious at best. The term is most often used in this sense to describe religions founded by ancient societies, such as Roman mythology, Greek mythology, and Norse mythology, which were nearly extinct at one time. However, it is important to keep in mind that while some view the Norse and Celtic pantheons as mere fable, others hold them as a religion (See Neopaganism). By extension, many people do not regard the tales surrounding the origin and development of religions like Christianity, Judaism and Islam as literal accounts of events, but instead regard them as figurative representations of their belief systems.

People within most religions take offense at the characterization of their faith as a group of myths, for this is tantamount to claiming that the religion itself is a lie. However, most people concur that each religion has a body of myths that have developed in addition to scriptures.

For the purposes of this article, therefore, we use the word "mythology" to refer to stories that, while they may or may not be strictly factual, reveal fundamental truths and insights about human nature, often through the use of archetypes. Also, the stories we discuss express the viewpoints and beliefs of the country, time period, culture, and/or religion which gave birth to them.

Stories from scripture are usually not referred to as mythology except in a pejorative sense, but one can speak of a Jewish mythology, a Christian mythology, or an Islamic mythology, in which one describes the mythic elements within these faiths without speaking to the veracity of the faith's tenets or claims about its history.

Many modern day rabbis and priests within the more liberal Jewish and Christian movements, as well as most Neopagans, have no problem viewing their religious texts as containing myth; they see their sacred texts as indeed containing religious truths, divinely inspired but delivered in the language of mankind. Others, of course, disagree.

Modern Mythology

Television and book series like Star Trek and Tarzan have strong mythological aspects that sometimes develop into deep and intricate philosophical systems. These items are not mythology, but contain mythic themes that, for some people, meet the same psychological needs.

An excellent example is that developed by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Silmarillion'\' and The Lord of the Rings''. However, copyright law restricts independent authors from extending modern story cycles.

Some critics believe that the fact that the core characters and stories of modern story cycles are not in the public domain prevents the modern story cycles from sharing several essential aspects of mythologies. Fan fiction goes some distance to relieving this problem.

Fiction, however, does not reach the level of actual mythology until people believe that it really happened. For example, some people believe that fiction author Clive Barker's Candyman was based upon a true story, and new stories have grown up around the figure. The same can be said for the Blair Witch and many other stories.

Mythology is alive and well in the modern age through urban legends and many other ways.

Book Title

Mythology is the title of a 1942 work by Edith Hamilton detailing Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology with their sources.

Mythologies

Africa

Australia & Oceania

American mythology

(non-Native American)

North American

South America and Mesoamerica

Asia

Europe

Middle-Eastern

Other

Mythological Archetypes

Mythological Creatures

List of Mythic Creatures

To see role-playing related races, see: Fantasy bestiary

Books on Mythology

see also: List of deities, Fantasy bestiary, Legendary creatures, Mythical place

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mythology."

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Thule (myth)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Thule is, the Greek and Roman mythologies, a place, usually an island, in the far north, perhaps Scandinavia. First mentioned by the Greek geographer and explorer Pytheas of Massalía (present-day Marseille) in the 4th century BC. Pytheas claimed that Thule was six days north of Britain and that the midsummer sun never set there.

The most likely locale for Thule is nowadays considered to be the coast of Norway; other historians think it is the Shetland Islands, Faeroer or Iceland, however. In the Middle Ages, the name was sometimes used to denote Iceland.

Some Occult groups, most notably the German Thule Gesellschaft (ca. 1920) thought that it was the original source of the secret wisdom of the Aryan race.

Thule was also mentioned by Traditionalist author Julius Evola in connection with Hyperborea (literally, far north) and Atlantis.

The Romans used the phrase Ultima Thule to denote a distant unknown place.

See also: Thule

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Thule (myth)."

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Urban legend

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Urban legends perpetrate a type of folklore, endlessly circulated by word of mouth, repeated in news stories and distributed by email. Humans frequently recount such tales as having happened to a "friend of a friend". Some of the stories have survived for a very long time, having evolved only slightly over the years, as in the case of the story of a woman killed by spiders nesting in her elaborate hairdo. Other, new stories reflect modern circumstances, like the story of the man on a business trip being seduced by a woman and waking up the next morning minus a kidney surgically removed for transplant.

Some urban legends actually have a basis in true events, such as the case of the young man shooting bullets into a large saguaro cactus and killed when his gunfire severed the trunk, resulting in the falling plant crushing him. Even when essentially true, however, the stories often become distorted by many retellings after the original event.

Professor of English, Jan Harold Brunvand first promoted the concept of the urban legend in his 1981 book The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meanings. Brunvand used his collection of legends to make two points: first, that legends, myths, and folklore do not belong solely to so-called primitive or traditional societies, and second, that one could learn much about urban and modern culture by studying such legends. Brunvand has since published a series of similar books. The field also credits Brunvand as the first to use the term vector (after the concept of a biological vector) to describe a person or entity passing along an urban legend.

Discussing, tracking, and analyzing urban legends has become a popular pursuit. A thriving usenet newsgroup, news:alt.folklore.urban discusses such stories. The newsgroup's Frequently Asked Questions page summarises the truth or otherwise of these stories, so far as this can be determined. For a similar list see the Urban Legends Reference Pages. For online urban legends, see Virus Myths and the Darwin Awards site, which also showcases a few stories each year of dubious veracity (they've promulgated Urban Legends as facts in the past). Finally the US Government Department of Energy has set up a service called Hoaxbusters that deals with all sorts of computer-distributed hoaxes and legends.

Certain early historians such as Tacitus, Geoffrey of Monmouth and Herodotus functioned as forerunners of urban myth, recycling hearsay and anecdotal accounts as historical facts; these writings, in turn served as the basis for other accounts, and thus many cycles of inaccurate historical narrative became self-perpetuating vicious circles. Contemporary historians tend to cast a very cold and careful eye over historical evidence emanating from writers such as these. For a list of these and other works considered to be suspect, see Dubious historical resources.

One classic urban legend claims the pope's crown or Papal Tiara contains the words Vicarius Filii Dei which when numerised adds up to 666, the number of the antichrist mentioned in the Bible. Though the story has no basis in fact (all papal crowns dating from the sixteenth century onwards are on public show and none contain the words), 'belief' in the 'myth' has continued, with constant specific references to an early twentieth-century photograph at a papal funeral (probably that of Pope Leo XIII in 1903) that proves the existence of a papal tiara with the words. Except that in one hundred years, no one has ever been able to produce the supposed photograph or even state definitively where it was supposedly published. Instead it is spoken of in terms of 'knowing someone who knows someone who definitively saw the photograph!', a phenomenon known in the Irish language as the 'Dhúirt bean liom gur dhúirt bean leí' syndrome (a woman told me that a woman told her that...)

see also: Conventional wisdom, Conspiracy theories, Old wives' tale

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Synonyms within Context: Myth

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Imagination

Conceit, maggot, figment, myth, dream, vision, shadow, chimera; phantasm, phantasy; fantasy, fancy; whim, whimsey, whimsy; vagary, rhapsody, romance, gest, geste, extravaganza; air drawn dagger, bugbear, nightmare.

Untruth

Myth, moonshine, bosh, all my eye and Betty Martin, mare's nest, farce.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Myth

English words defined with "myth": Annwfn, Annwn ♦ Frye ♦ Gotterdammerung ♦ Herman Northrop Frye, historical document, historical paper, historical record ♦ Mythe, mythic, mythical being, mythical creature, mythical monster, mythologisation, mythologise, mythologization, mythologize, Mythologue ♦ Northrop Frye ♦ Ragnarok ♦ The Destinies, Twilight of the Gods. (references)
Specialty definitions using "myth": bit rot, bonk/oif ♦ Cadmean Letters, Cock and Bull Story ♦ fifth generation language ♦ Laboratory, line 666 ♦ NSA line eater ♦ Ping O' Death, Pururavas and Urvasi ♦ RAPID TRANSIT ♦ sunspots ♦ urban legend ♦ WICKEDNESS ♦ Xerxes. (references)
Etymologies containing "myth": Mythology. (references)

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Modern Usage: Myth

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Now, I've never been big on belief, but I believe in something now. That a big chunk of myth is locked inside my head (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner)

I was beginning to suspect that was a myth. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

A myth I have allowed to persist until I am ready (Children of Dune; writing credit: Frank Herbert; John Harrison)

But all this would just be myth of course, sir (The Abominable Dr. Phibes; writing credit: James Whiton; William Goldstein)

Its the female orgasm that's the myth. (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

Lyrics

At the time, one subject of urban myth was the story that (Mephisto and Kevin; performing artist: Primus)

Doing crystal myth will lift you up until you break, (Semi-Charmed Life; performing artist: Third Eye Blind)

Living that life some consider a myth (Gettin' Jiggy Wit It; performing artist: Will Smith)

Tongue Twisters

The myth of Miss Muffet. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Eye Myth Educational (1972)

The Myth Makers (1958)

Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (2001)

Cinema & the Myth of Cool Scene Smoking: Cigarettes (2001)

The Eden Myth (1999)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Myth

DomainTitle

Books

  • Plato, Prehistorian: 10000 to 5000 Bc in Myth and Archaeology (reference)

  • The Real AA: Behind the Myth of 12-Step Recovery (reference)

  • The Myth of the Conqueror: Prince Henry Stuart: A Study of 17th Century Personation (Ams Studies in the Renaissance) (reference)

  • Abolishing Death: A Salvation Myth of Russian Twentieth-Century Literature (reference)

  • Myth, Ethos, and Actuality: Official Art in Fifth Century B.C. Athens (Wisconsin Studies in Classics) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Biography - Evita: The Woman Behind the Myth (reference)

  • Walt - The Man Behind The Myth (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Myth

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Photo Album: Myth

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Shown is a male technician taking an x-ray of a female patient. This image was used to demonstrate the myth about exposure to radiation during the x-ray procedure. Stock photo-use for "Once A Year For A Lifetime" only. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Another myth down the drain. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Exploding a myth!. Credit: Library of Congress.

The myth of profitless prosperity. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Myth

AuthorQuotation

Oscar Wilde

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.

V. S. Pritchett

In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Myth

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

God is a monstrous myth.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

His nurse had taught him Irish and shaped his rude imagination by the broken lights of Irish myth.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Myth

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

It is a myth that stroke occurs only in elderly adults. (references)

In our society, the myth prevails that an alcohol problem is a sign of moral weakness. (references)

There is a persistent myth that urinary incontinence is a normal consequence of aging. (references)

Business

In 1993, the company acquired a controlling stake in the Russian chemical plant Novomoskovskbytkhim in the Tula region which currently produces a number of detergent and hygienic products, including Tide and Myth washing powders, Always women’s protection pads, Fairy dishwashing liquid, Comet cleaning and disinfectant powder, etc. So far, the company has not invested in local production of hair, oral care and other cosmetic lines. (references)

Children

South Africa

Virginity testing is a violation of the law and exposes women to a potentially higher risk of being raped because of the virginity myth. (references)

South Africa

Reports of child rape have increased significantly, as have reports that men are committing rape due to a growing myth that having sexual intercourse with a virgin can cure HIV/AIDS. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

The actual origins of the Sinhalese are shrouded in myth. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Myth

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

This gap between the rich and the poor is a myth.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Myth

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981In our economy, it is a myth that we must choose endlessly between inflation and recession.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Myth

"Myth" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.23% of the time. "Myth" is used about 1,434 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.23%1,4235,650
Noun (proper)0.7%10111,207
Noun (common)0.07%1339,140
                    Total100.00%1,434N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Myth

Expressions using "myth": Culture myth ♦ myth history ♦ solar myth. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "myth": myth-creating, myth-detecting, myth-exploding, myth-like, myth-maker, myth-makers, myth-making, Myth-of-mental-illness, myth-shrouded, myth-telling, myth-woven.

Ending with "myth": folk-myth, immersion-in-myth, memory-turned-myth, techno-myth.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Myth

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

myth

1,250

racial myth

36

greek myth

547

box myth pandoras

35

urban myth

467

folktales myth

34

myth and legend

192

chinese myth

34

urban legend and myth

143

myth rip

34

myth game

122

babylonian creation myth

33

pregnancy myth

93

mask myth

30

creation myth

69

myth 3

30

phoenix myth

62

internet myth

30

the beauty myth

53

myth sisyphus

29

the age of myth

50

pool of radiance ruin of myth drannor

29

the power of myth

46

myth soma

29

cultural myth

45

native american myth

29

e myth

45

japanese myth

27

dragon myth

40

irish myth

27

norse myth

39

cheat drannor myth pool radiance ruin

27

egyptian myth

38

vampire myth

26

celtic myth

38

myth nymph

25

roman myth

38

email myth

25

diabetes myth

37

drannor myth pool radiance ruin through walk

24
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Modern Translation: Myth

Language Translations for "myth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

mite. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

mit (fable). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏خرافة (fable, legend, story, superstition), ‏الأساطير جملة, ‏أسطورة (fable, story), ‏شخص خرافي. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

мит (fable), измислица (concoction, excogitation, fable, fabrication, fairy tale, fake, fib, fiction, figment, flam, hoax, invention, make believe, make up, nonentity, tale, tall story, taradiddle). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

神話 (fairy tale, mythology), 神话 (Mythic, Mythical, Mythological, Mythologies, Mythology). (various references)

   

Czech

  

mýtus. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

mythe. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

mito. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

gudasøga, frumsøgn. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

افسانه (Fable, Fiction, Legend, Romance, Tale), اسطوره . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

taru (legend, saga), jumalaistaru. (various references)

   

French

  

mythe. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

myte. (various references)

   

German

  

Mythus, mythos. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μύθοσ (fable, fiction, legend, tale). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מיתוס, א'"" (fable, fairy tale, legend, story, yarn). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

mítosz (fable), képzelt dolog (figment). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

khurafat (superstition), dongengan (false story). (various references)

   

Italian

  

mito (fable). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

神話 (legend), ミシン糸 (automatic transmission, beauty contest to name Miss Xxxxx, crop circle, mediocracy, medium, medium rare, medium size, Mick, middy, middy look, midget, midget house, midi, midi communication, midnight, midnight blue, midnight show, MIPS, MIS, miscasting, miserable, misery index, misfortune, misjudgement, mislead, mis-match, misprint, miss, mission, mission school, Missouri, mist, mistake, mister, mistral, misty, misunderstanding, mitochondria, mitt, Mitterrand, mix, mixed doubles, mixed juice, mixed media, Mr, Mrs, Ms., mysterious, mystery, mystery circle, mysticism, mystification, sewing cotton, transvestite), 作り話 (fable, fabrication, fiction, made-up story). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ミス (MIS, miss), し"わ (fellowship, friendship, legend), つくりばなし (fable, fabrication, fiction, made-up story). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

" (Mythologies, Mythology). (various references)

   

Manx

  

feayn-skeeal. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ythmay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

mito. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

mit (fable, legend, story, tabby), personaj mitic, legendã (caption, fable, inscription, legend, story, tradition). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

миф. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

mit. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

mito (legend, tale). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

myt (fable), saga (fable, fairy tale, fairy-tale, legend, saga, tale), sägen (legend, story, tale, tradition). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เรื่องโกหก (tale), นิทานปรัมปรา. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

mit (legend, mythos), hayali şey (bubble), efsane (fable, legend, saga, story, tale). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

вигадана особа, нереальна річ, міф. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

vật tưởng tượng, vật hoang đường, thần thoại chuyện hoang đường, chuyện tưởng tượng (moonshine). (various references)

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Ancestral Language Translations: Myth

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

mythos. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Myth

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 39, Verse 14
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai ekalesen touV ontaV en th oikia kai eipen autoiV legousa idete eishgagen hmin paida ebraion empaizein hmin eishlqen proV me legwn koimhqhti met' emou kai ebohsa fwnh megalh
Latin405VulgateVocavit homines domus suae et ait ad eos en introduxit virum hebraeum ut inluderet nobis ingressus est ad me ut coiret mecum cumque ego succlamassem
Middle English1395WyclifAnd hir to be dispisid, clepide to hir men of hir hows, and seide to hem, Loo! he hath brouyt yn an Ebrew man, that he shulde bigile vs; he was comun yn to me, that he shulde togidere goo with me, and whanne Y hadde vndercried, and he herde my voys,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleShe called vnto the men of the house and tolde them saynge: Se he hath brought in an Hebrewe vnto vs to do vs shame. for he came in to me for to haue slept myth me. But I cried with a lowde voyce.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThat she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
Victorian English1833WebsterThat she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us: he came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
Basic English1964OgdenShe sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;

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Matched Bible Translations: Myth

LanguageGenesis Chapter 39, Verse 14
CebuanoNga mitawag siya sa mga tawo sa iyang balay, ug nagsugilon kanila nga nagaingon: Tan-awa ninyo, nga gidad-an kita ug usa ka Hebreohanon, aron sa pagpasipala kanato; kini siya misulod nganhi kanako sa pagtipon sa paghigda, ug ako misinggit sa hataas nga tingog.
Croatianzovne svoje sluge te im reèe: "Gledajte! Trebalo je da nam dovede jednog Hebrejca da se s nama poigrava. Taj k meni doðe da sa mnom legne, ali sam ja na sav glas zaviknula.
Danishkaldte hun på sine Husfolk og sagde til dem: "Her kan I se! Han har bragt os en Hebræer til at drive Spot med os! Han kom ind til mig og vilde ligge hos mig, men jeg råbte af alle Kræfter,
DutchZo riep zij de lieden van haar huis, en sprak tot hen, zeggende: Ziet, hij heeft ons den Hebreeuwsen man ingebracht, om met ons te spotten; hij is tot mij gekomen, om bij mij te liggen, en ik heb geroepen met luider stem;
Finnishhuusi hän talonväkeään ja sanoi heille näin: "Katsokaa, hän on tuonut meille hebrealaisen miehen pitämään meitä pilkkanaan; tämä tuli luokseni maatakseen minun kanssani, mutta minä huusin kovalla äänellä.
Frenchelle appela les gens de sa maison, et leur dit: Voyez, il nous a amené un Hébreu pour se jouer de nous. Cet homme est venu vers moi pour coucher avec moi; mais j`ai crié haute voix.
Germanrief sie das Gesinde im Hause und sprach zu ihnen: Sehet, er hat uns den hebräischen Mann hereingebracht, daß er seinen Mutwillen mit uns treibe. Er kam zu mir herein und wollte bei mir schlafen; ich rief aber mit lauter Stimme.
Haitian Creoleli rele domestik li yo, li di yo: -Nou wè sa! Mari mwen mennen yon ebre nan kay la, men koulye a li soti pou avili m'. Li vini jwenn mwen jouk isit la, li vle pou m' kouche avè l'. Mwen pete rele.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariia memanggil pelayan-pelayannya dan berkata, "Coba lihat! Orang Ibrani yang dibawa suami saya ke rumah ini, menghina kita. Dia masuk ke dalam kamar saya dan mau memperkosa saya, tetapi saya berteriak keras-keras.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamamaka dipanggilnya akan segala orang isi rumahnya, lalu katanya pada mereka itu: Coba pikir, dibawanya masuk kepada kita orang Ibrani ini hendak memberi malu akan kita, karena datanglah ia mendapatkan aku hendak berseketiduran dengan aku, tetapi berteriaklah aku dengan suara yang nyaring;
MaoriNa ka karanga ia ki nga tangata o tona whare, ka korero ki a ratou, ka mea, Titiro, kua kawea mai e ia tetahi Hiperu hei hangarau i a tatou; i haere mai ia ki ahau kia takoto maua, a he rahi toku reo ki te hamama:
Norwegianropte hun på sine husfolk og sa til dem: Se, her har han ført en hebraisk mann hit til oss for å føre skam over oss; han kom inn til mig for å ligge hos mig, men jeg ropte så høit jeg kunde,
Portuguesechamou pelos homens de sua casa, e disse-lhes: Vede! meu marido trouxe-nos um hebreu para nos insultar; veio a mim para se deitar comigo, e eu gritei em alta voz;   
Rumaniana chemat oamenii din casq, wi le -a zis: ,,Vedeyi, ne -a adus un Evreu ca sq-wi batq joc de noi! Omul acesta a venit la mine ca sq se culce cu mine, dar eu am yipat kn gura mare.
RussianЛМЙЛОХМБ "ПНБЫОЙИ УЧПЙИ Й УЛБЪБМБ ЙН ФБЛ: ПУНПФТЙФЕ, ПО ТЙЧЕМ Л ОБН еЧТЕС ТХЗБФШУС ОБ" ОБНЙ. пО ТЙЫЕМ ЛП НОЕ, ЮФП'Щ МЕЮШ УП НОПА, ОП С ЪБЛТЙЮБМБ ЗТПНЛЙН ЗПМПУПН,
Swedishropade hon på sitt husfolk och sade till dem: "Sen här, han har fört hit till oss en hebreisk man, för att denne skulle locka oss till lättfärdighet. Han kom in till mig och ville ligga hos mig; men jag ropade med hög röst.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Myth

Derivations

Words beginning with "myth": mythic, mythical, mythically, mythicize, mythicized, mythicizer, mythicizers, mythicizes, mythicizing, mythier, mythiest, mythmaker, mythmakers, mythmaking, mythmakings, mythographer, mythographers, mythographies, mythography, mythoi, mythologer, mythologers, mythologic, mythological, mythologically, mythologies, mythologist, mythologists, mythologize, mythologized, mythologizer, mythologizers, mythologizes, mythologizing, mythology, mythomania, mythomaniac, mythomaniacs, mythomanias, mythopoeia, mythopoeias, mythopoeic, mythopoetic, mythopoetical, mythos, myths, mythy. (additional references)

Words ending with "myth": countermyth. (additional references)

Words containing "myth": countermyths, demythologization, demythologizations, demythologize, demythologized, demythologizer, demythologizers, demythologizes, demythologizing, remythologize, remythologized, remythologizes, remythologizing, stichomythia, stichomythias, stichomythic, stichomythies, stichomythy. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Myth" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Byth, Gytha, Midh, Miftah, mih, miht, mith, Mithl, Muth, mutha, Myoto, myrh, myrhh, myrth, Myrtho, Myrto, myt, myte, Mythe, mytho, mytl, Oysth, smyth, Yith, ytv. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Myth"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "myth" (pronounced mi"th)
3m i" thSmith.
2-i" thforthwith, Frith, herewith, pith, with, writhe.

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Anagrams: Myth

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "h-m-t-y"

-1 letter: thy.

-2 letters: hm, my.

 Words containing the letters "h-m-t-y"
 

+1 letter: mothy, myths, mythy, thyme, thymi, thymy.

 

+2 letters: methyl, mighty, mouthy, mythic, mythoi, mythos, rhythm, smithy, thymes, thymey, thymic, thymol, thymus.

 

+3 letters: chymist, ecthyma, empathy, hymnist, methoxy, methyls, monthly, mothery, mythier, nymphet, rhythms, smoothy, smutchy, thrummy, thymier, thymine, thymols, timothy.

 

+4 letters: almighty, amethyst, arythmia, arythmic, bimethyl, chymists, dimethyl, erythema, eurythmy, hemocyte, hermitry, homestay, humanity, humidity, humility, hymnists, methoxyl, methylal, methylic, mightily, motherly, mouthily, myopathy, mythical, mythiest, nymphets, polymath, rhythmic, shmaltzy, smithery, smoothly, smothery, stomachy, sympathy, theonomy, thymiest, thymines, thymosin, thymuses, yachtman, yachtmen.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial 		5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Fiction 		9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Spoken
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency 		13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient 		17. Bible Trace
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams 		21. Bibliography


  

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