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myth: a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

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Talmud collapse: the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism

folklore collapse: the unwritten literature (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture

traditionalism collapse: adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters); strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings; the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions

lore collapse: knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote; "early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend"

folktale collapse: a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk

mythology collapse: the study of myths; myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person

common law collapse: a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"

tradition collapse: an inherited pattern of thought or action

stretch of the imagination collapse

figment collapse: a contrived or fantastic idea; "a figment of the imagination"

imagination collapse: the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"; the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

wildest dream collapse

love story collapse: a story dealing with love

mystery story collapse

science fiction collapse: literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society

whodunit collapse

sci fi collapse

parable collapse: (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son"

figment of the imagination collapse

concoction collapse: the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"; an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"; any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"

whim collapse

shocker collapse: a sensational message (in a film or play or novel); a shockingly bad person

chimera collapse: a grotesque product of the imagination; (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

canard collapse: a deliberately misleading fabrication

fairy tale collapse

ghost story collapse

forgery collapse: criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

mythos collapse

custom collapse: accepted or habitual practice; habitual patronage; "I have given this tailor my custom for many years"; a specific practice of long standing

gest collapse

fable collapse: a short moral story (often with animal characters)

whimsy collapse

horse opera collapse

Western collapse: a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development; a sandwich made from a western omelet; lying toward or situated in the west; "our company's western office"; relating to or characteristic of regions of western parts of the world; "Western Europe"; "the Western Roman Empire"; of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch"

legend collapse: a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

thriller collapse: a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie

hallucination collapse: an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"; illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

maggot collapse: the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter

tale collapse

eidolon collapse

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