Definitions
Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale).
Word origin
Borrowed from Late Latin mȳthos (“myth”), from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “report, tale, story”). Doublet of myth.
Used in a sentence
“POLY′MYTHY (S[ubstantive]) in Poetry, a fault in an epic poem, when inſtead of a ſingle mythos, or fable, there is a multiplicity of them.”
“The term cobber [...] is still a part of our linguistic culture, and mateship is still a part of our cultural mythos.”
“Most of the bad broncos, if mythos is peppered with a slight shake of practicality, were more-likely-as-not just a cavvyard of crow-hoppers.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“body of legends”6 letters
02“Shared body of myths”6 letters
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