the underlying system of beliefs, esp. those dealing with supernatural forces, characteristic of a particular cultural group
traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, esp. one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of n
body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person
MYTHOS, a type of traditional story, also MYTH, MYTHUS [n]