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Mythos

/ˈmɪθɒs/

Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale).

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noun

1
Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale).
2
A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group; a myth, a mythology.
3
(by extension) A set of assumptions or beliefs about something.
4
A recurring theme; a motif.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Mythos"

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Word	Definition
osirian	Of or pertaining to Osiris.
mythnoun	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.
memoratenoun	(folklore) an oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
mythismnoun	Myths generally; belief in myth.
telltale	Revealing something, especially something not intended to be known.
narrativenoun	The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
storynoun	An account of real or fictional events.
work of fictionnoun	A fictional account; a story.
word of mouthnoun	(idiomatic) The verbal means of passing on information; viva voce.
made-to-order storynoun	A story (fictional narrative) improvised by the teller based on elements suggested by the listener.
metastorynoun	A story about stories themselves.
metanarrationnoun	A narrative text about narration (storytelling).
life-tellingnoun	The telling of someone's personal experience; biographical or autobiographical communication.
storytellingnoun	The act and skills of presenting stories and tales.
allegorynoun	(uncountable, rhetoric) The use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message, usually a moral or political one, about real-world issues and occurrences; also, the interpretation of such symbols.
as-told-tonoun	An account of something told by one person and written by another, especially a journalist or ghostwriter.
life storynoun	An account of an individual's life.
fantasynoun	(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
self-storynoun	A story or account specific to oneself.
storyworldnoun	The fictional world described by a narrative.