myth

(noun)

noun

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

Definition categories: communication, story

Sentences with myth as a noun:

- Myth was the product of man's emotion and imagination, acted upon by his surroundings. (E. Clodd, Myths & Dreams (1885), 7, cited after OED)

- Father Flanagan was legendary, his institution an American myth. (Tucson (Arizona) Citizen, 20 September 1979, 5A/3, cited after OED)