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​Myth
Myth derives from the Greek term mythos, which variously means “speech” or “story,” or even “thought.” In modern English usage, a myth is a story, often featuring heroes and deities or supernatural entities, that explains a belief, custom, phenomenon, or worldview; it is also a synonym for allegory or parable.

2)
Mythology
Mythology pertains to a set of myths, the study of myths, or an allegory, or to an assumption or belief. A mythologist (or, sometimes, mythologer) is someone who studies myths. Mythos is a synonym for both myth and mythology and denotes a symbolic set of cultural attitudes as well.

3)
Mythogenesis
The development of myths or the tendency to ascribe mythical status to something.

4)
Mythopoeia
The creation of myth.

5)
Mythicize
To turn something into, or treat something as, a myth

6)
Mythologize
To convert into myth or mythology; make the subject of a myth

7)
Demythologize
To analyze the meaning of myths or to unromanticize them.

8)
Countermyth
A myth that challenges or contradicts another myth.)

9)
Mythmaker
Someone who creates myths, generally in the casual sense of beliefs or traditions or of reputations about a person, place, or thing.

10)
Mythomaniac
A pathological liar or exaggerator; the condition is called mythomania
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