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Myth (disambiguation)

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Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in society. Subsets include:

Myth may also refer to:

  • Urban myth, a story circulated as true, often attributed to "a friend of a friend".
  • Origin myth, which purports to describe the origin of some feature of the natural or social world
    • Creation myth, symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it
  • National myth, inspiring narrative or anecdote about a nation's past
  • Political myth, ideological explanation for a political phenomenon that is believed by a social group

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