myth

Definition:
A story from ancient times.
A well-known story which was made up in the past to explain natural events or to justify religious beliefs or social customs.
Something that many people believe but that does not exist or is false.

Use 'myth' in a sentence:

• 1. The myth of Narcissus is described in Ovid's work.
• 2. We can't possibly believe the myth of 'detente' now.
• 3. The cowboy of myth and reality had his beginnings in Texas.
• 4. What is the myth?
• 5. Nobody believes in the myth about human beings becoming immortals.
• 6. My mother colluded in the myth of him as the swanky businessman.
• 7. Rumour, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed.
• 8. It's impossible to disentangle the myth from reality.
• 9. Many mothers schooled their daughters in the myth of female inferiority.
• 10. This image is a myth perpetuated by the media.
• 11. Comics tend to perpetuate the myth that ‘ boys don't cry ’.
• 12. The writer feigns many a myth.
• 13. People's faith in the Emperor was based on the myth that he was infallible.
• 14. There is a famous Greek myth in which Icarus flew too near to the Sun.
• 15. The heroes of myth and legend.
• 16. His exploration of the myth brings insight into the American psyche.
• 17. At last, a women's magazine to explode the myth that thin equals beautiful.
• 18. A book of Greek myths.
• 19. The story is a pure myth.