mythos

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Definition of mythos in English Turkish dictionary

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English - English

Definition of mythos in English English dictionary

Anything delivered by word of mouth: a word, speech, conversation, or similar; a story, tale, or legend, especially a poetic tale

A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group

A tale, story, or narrative, usually verbally transmitted, or otherwise recorded into the written form from an alleged secondary source

The narrative of a work of literature, considered as the grammar or order of words (literal narrative), plot or "argument" (descriptive narrative), secondary imitation of action (formal narrative), imitation of generic and recurrent action or ritual (archetypal narrative), or imitation of the total conceivable action of an omnipotent god or human society (anagogic narrative) One of the four archetypal narratives, classified as comic, romantic, tragic, and ironic

story/plot of a play

According to the narrative paradigm, ideas that cannot be verified or proved in an absolute way; story consists of both logos and mythos

A story or set of stories relevant or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group

n 1 Myth 2 Mythology 3 The pattern of basic values and attitudes of a people, characteristically transmitted through myths and the arts

[mios] A faerie shifter from the great forest His usual form is that of a unicorn

{i} underlying set of beliefs about the supernatural

Related Terms

mythoi

plural of mythos

Hyphenation

my·thos

Etymology

[ 'mi-"thOs, -"thäs ] (noun.) 1753. From Ancient Greek μῦθος (muthos, “report”, “tale”, “story”).