myth

миф

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

• Do you know any Greek myths?

  Вы знаете какие-нибудь греческие мифы?

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• I think that's a myth.

  По-моему, это миф.

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Such stories as a genre

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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

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A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legendредкое

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A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiableредкое

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An invented story, theory, or conceptредкое