mythicism

noun mythicism

• folklore — the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
• belief — Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.
• legend — a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
• lore — the space between the eye and the bill of a bird, or a corresponding space in other animals, as snakes.
• tradition — the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice: a story that has come down to us by popular tradition.