myth

myth

1. myytti

Synonyymisanakirja

myth

tarina, kertomus, myytti, uskomus, Jumalten tuho, mytologia, tarusto.

Englannin sanakirja

myth (englanti > suomi)

1. myytti, kertomus

2. myytti, uskomus

myth englanniksi

1. A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.

2. puhekieltä Such stories as a genre.

Myth was the product of mans emotion and imagination, acted upon by his surroundings. (E. Clodd, Myths & Dreams'' (1885), 7, cited after OED)

3. 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.

4. *(quote-video)|(w)|3|27|episode=Opiods|network=HBO||Okay, okay, okay… First, of course, babies feel pain. How the fuck did we ever think otherwise⁉ But more importantly, the fact that painkillers are addictive was not a myth. It’s like a book of Greek mythology featuring the stories of Zeus, Sisyphus, Oedipus and Yanni. Come on! That last one is very real and it cannot be dismissed.

5. A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend

Father Flanagan was legendary, his institution an American myth. (Tucson (Arizona) Citizen, 20 September 1979, 5A/3, cited after OED)

6. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.

7. Ld. Lytton

As for Mrs. Primmins's bones, they had been myths these twenty years.

8. (nasal mutation of)

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