миф — meaning in English

English meaning

• myth noun A traditional story, often about gods or heroes, that explains the origins of the world or a people.
• mythology noun A traditional body of myths belonging to a particular culture, explaining its origins, gods, ancestors, and heroes.

Senses

миф is used for these senses in English:

• fairy tale A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters.
• myth A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.
• myth An invented story, theory, or concept.
• mythology (countable, _, and, _, uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.

myth — full definition

1. noun A traditional story, often about gods or heroes, that explains the origins of the world or a people.
2. noun A widely believed idea that is actually false.

mythology — full definition

1. noun A traditional body of myths belonging to a particular culture, explaining its origins, gods, ancestors, and heroes.
2. noun A set of widely believed ideas about something that are false or exaggerated.
3. noun The academic study of myths and how they are structured and used.

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