Myth

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Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives or stories that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. The main characters in myths are usually gods, demigods or supernatural humans.[1][2][3] Stories of everyday human beings, although often of leaders of some type, are usually contained in legends, as opposed to myths

  1. Bascom 1965, p. 9.
  2. "myths", A Dictionary of English Folklore
  3. Doniger O'Flaherty, Wendy (1975). Hindu Myths. Penguin. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-14-044306-6. I think it can be well argued as a matter of principle that, just as 'biography is about chaps', so mythology is about gods.