We use the word myth these days in a rather derogatory fashion, implying that anything which is a myth is based on falsehood. Even the word legend doesn't carry that level of opprobrium, and a myth and a legend are essentially the same thing. Myth comes from the Greek mythos, meaning that arrangement of events which constitutes the story. Myth and story…
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