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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | story that is passed down |
| Synonyms: | folk history, folk story, legend, myth, tradition |
| Main Entry: | myth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fictitious story, often ancient |
| Synonyms: | allegory, apologue, creation, delusion, fable, fabrication, fairy story, fancy, fantasy, fiction, figment, folk ballad, folk tale, illusion, imagination, invention, legend, lore, mythos, parable, saga, superstition, tale, tall story, tradition |
| Antonyms: | fact, non-fiction, truth |
| Main Entry: | old wives' tale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | superstition |
| Synonyms: | fairy story, fallacy, false belief, folk tale, folklore, legend, lore, myth, notion, tall story, tall tale |
| Main Entry: | tale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | story |
| Synonyms: | account, anecdote, fable, fairy tale, fiction, folk tale, legend, myth, narration, narrative, novel, relation, report, romance, saga, short story, yarn |
| Main Entry: | mythology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | folklore |
| Synonyms: | belief, conviction, folk tales, legend, lore, mythicism, mythos, myths, stories, tradition |
| Antonyms: | actuality, history, reality, truth |
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