Myth (disambiguation)

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A myth is, broadly, any worldview-based traditional story, or collection or study thereof: Sacred narrative, which validates a religious system Myth of origins, 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 Etiological myth, intended to explain the origins of cult practices, natural phenomena, proper names and the like Political myth, ideological explanation for a political phenomenon that is believed by a social group Mythology, a body of myths (e.g., Greek mythology) or the academic discipline that studies myths Fable Folklore, a broad body of cultural traditions Folkloristics, the formal, academic discipline devoted to the study of folklore Legend, narrative that is perceived as within human history with certain qualities of verisimilitude Urban legend, contemporary legend or modern story with motivating significance Myth may also refer to: Myth (computer game series), a series of real-time tactical computer games The Myth (film), a film starring Jackie Chan Myth: History in the Making, a platform game by System 3

The Myth, nickname of Cuban bodybuilder Sergio Oliva (1941 ) M.Y.T.H. Inc., a corporation in Robert Asprin's MythAdventures series "Myth-" (TV), a prefix in the MythTV open source software project Myth (warez), an underground PC game cracking group Myth: The Xenogears Orchestral Album, an album by Yasunori Mitsuda

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Mythology Mythopoeia (genre)

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