Etymology

Noun

1. A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group.
2. Anything delivered by word of mouth: a word, speech, conversation, or similar; a story, tale, or legend, especially a poetic tale.
3. A tale, story, or narrative, usually verbally transmitted, or otherwise recorded into the written form from an alleged secondary source.

Usage notes

• An analysis of the comparative frequency of the plural forms and in four corpora reveals that, whilst is rare, is non-existent therein. Moreover, of ten other dictionaries, seven list as the only valid plural, the other three are tacit regarding the matter, but none of them mention .

Related terms

• myth

• mythopoeia

• mythopoeic