id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9762 Myth - Wikipedia .html text/html 8853 1133 66 Because myth is sometimes used in a pejorative sense, some scholars have opted to use the term mythos instead.[34] However, mythos now more commonly refers to its Aristotelian sense as a "plot point" or to a body of interconnected myths or stories, especially those belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.[40] It is sometimes used specifically for modern, fictional mythologies, such as the world building of H. In Anglicised form, this Greek word began to be used in English (and was likewise adapted into other European languages) in the early 19th century, in a much narrower sense, as a scholarly term for "[a] traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events."[29][40] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9762.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9762.txt