All mythology synonyms

noun mythology

• folklore — the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
• lore — the space between the eye and the bill of a bird, or a corresponding space in other animals, as snakes.
• belief — Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.
• 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.
• legend — a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
• conviction — a fixed or firmly held belief, opinion, etc
• stories — a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
• myth — a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
• legends — A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.
• mythicism — (theology) the scholarly opinion that the gospel is mythical.
• mythos — the underlying system of beliefs, especially those dealing with supernatural forces, characteristic of a particular cultural group.