Michaelangelica Posted October 24, 2007 Report Posted October 24, 2007 From pregnancy do's and don'ts to internet scams and your grandmother's home-cooked cures, urban myths and old wives' tales seem to have a life of their own. Test your urban myth knowledgeQuizzes: Internet - The Lab - Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Gateway to Science Definitions of myth on the Web: * a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn * Myth is a dark erotic fantasy story, and the first novel by English writer R. J. Dent. It was published by Vanguard/Pegasus in July 2006. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth (Novel) * Myth was a warez group, focused on cracking and ripping PC games. Besides ripped games, the group also released trainers and cracked updates for games. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth (warez) * Myth is a series of real-time tactical (not to be confused with real-time strategy) computer games. The games in the series are*Myth: The Fallen Lords*Myth II: Soulblighter*Myth III: The Wolf Age en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth (computer game) * The Myth video game series has had a development history unlike any other. Despite originally being published first party, the franchise was sold to Take2 Software. This itself is quite unusual. After this, it made internet-headlines by having development continued by the fans. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth (computer game) development * Projects with several completely new units are considered to be partial conversions. Even maps with completely new unitsets usually used recycled models, scenery, textures, and sounds; only a few "true" total conversions were ever made. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth (computer game) 3rd Party Projects and Personalities * (mith): any story that attempts to explain how the world was created or why the world is the way that it is. Myths are stories that are passed on from generation to generation and normally involve religion. MH Abram refers to myths as a “religion in which we no longer believe. ... Glossary of Literary Terms * Legendary narrative, usually of gods and heroes, or a theme that expresses the ideology of a culture. From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: Outline of American Literature: glossary * Something not true, fiction, or falsehood. A truth disguised and distorted. Terms and Definitions used in Atheism * Often used incorrectly to refer to a claim considered to be untrue. More correctly myth refers to a narrative account or story which contains the collective wisdom of a society and articulates beliefs concerning key aspects of individual identity or collective life. ... bitbucket.icaap.org/dict.pl * An improvable story, almost always including incredible or miraculous events, that has no specific reference point or time in history. The Gift of a Lifetime - Glossary * A narrative in which some characters are superhuman beings who do things that "happen only in stories"; hence, a conventionalized or stylized narrative not fully adapted to plausibility or "realism." A Glossary of Literary Criticism * sacred stories that often explain the origins and worldview of a culture. Louisiana Voices Glossary * Stories that explain the origins of current phenomena. They may be believed literally or figuratively, or as metaphorically moral truths about the workings of the world. SWAPPING STORIES: Glossary * a common or shared historical experience oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth370/gloss.html * Mythology [from Greek mythos a secret word, secret speech] An occult tale or mystic legend; the modern use varies from an allegorical story to pure fiction. Myths are after all ancient history and are built on facts or on a substratum of fact, as has proved true in the case of Troy and Crete. ... Encyclopedic Theosophcial Glossary, Mp-Mz, Theosophical U Press * like allegory, myth usually is symbolic and extensive, including an entire work or story; though it no longer is necessarily specific to a single culture and pervasive in that culture — individual authors may now be said to create myths — there is still a sense that myth is communal or ... E103 Bestsell Glossary * A narrative that tells of origins--not necessarily "an untrue story." We often undertake to understand myths by understanding the patterns and structures by which they organize their material and give it meaning. jamesfaulconer.byu.edu/definitions.htm * A story of an intracosmic ground: taking one thing in the cosmos as the ground of being of another. home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/ev-glossary.html * an anonymous story designed to explain the mysteries of life, generally with larger than life awe-inspiring characters. Glossary * A narrative with a deeper underlying truth about the human condition. srsp.net/new/sample_material/primary/extras/glossary.html * A narrative story associated with the religion, philosophy, or collective psychology of various societies and cultures. southhill.vsb.bc.ca/Departments/Upgrading/Skills3_Kyle/Terms/ficterm.htm * The term is used in the study of religion and culture. Myths are accounts of gods or superhuman beings and extraordinary events or circumstances in a time that is altogether different from ordinary human experience. Theological Glossary * usually a traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief or natural phenomenon. (Instructor's note: notice the relationship between this word and "archetype" and "symbol"). artsymbolism.com * a story which, although not strictly "true", enable people to grasp a great truth in symbolic terms. For example: the English myth of Robin Hood tells the story of a people's struggle for justice over oppression. naiadonline.ca/book/01Glossary.htm * (Greek: mythos, "story." ) A myth is a story with an ambiguous sense of time and space ("A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...") that recounts extraordinary deeds done by extraordinary beings for the purpose of telling why things are as they are. ... World Religions Working Definitions, Ted Thornton, NMH, Northfield Mount Hermon * a legend, usually made up in part of historical events, that helps define the beliefs of a people and that often has evolved as an explanation for rituals and natural phenomena iclasses.org Literary Glossary * an ancient story that expresses the history or worldview of a people http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/wardrobe/terms.html * a story or body of stories based on tradition or legend, originating in the oral history of a preliterate society and incorporating its beliefs about the origins of the world, the causes of natural events, and the origins of the society's customs and practices. Native American Vocabulary Worksheet * A sacred story that conveys a religious worldview. Especially, a story about primeval times that involves supernatural figures and events. ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rels/002/terms/ * n. a traditional story, orally transmitted among the folk of the acts of gods and supernatural beings; a story of a mythology hero which served to explain actions of supernatural beings. For example, the myths of Jove, Venus and Hercules, have persisted in poetry. station05.qc.ca/csrs/bouscol/anglais/book_report/glossary3.html Quote
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