миф — meaning in English

mif

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.

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.

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

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