| Main Entry: | folk tale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | story that is passed down |
Synonyms: |
folk history, folk story, legend, myth, tradition |
| Main Entry: | legend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | story of the past, often fictitious |
Synonyms: |
fable, fiction, folk story, folk tale, folklore, lore, myth, mythology, mythos, narrative, saga, tale, tradition |
| Main Entry: | myth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fictitious story, often ancient |
Synonyms: |
allegory, apologue, creation, delusion, fable, fabrication, fairy story, fancy, fantasy, fiction, figment, folk ballad, folk tale, illusion, imagination, invention, legend, lore, mythos, parable, saga, superstition, tale, tall story, tradition |
Antonyms: |
fact, non-fiction, truth |
| Main Entry: | mythology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | folklore |
Synonyms: |
belief, conviction, folk tales, legend, lore, mythicism, mythos, myths, stories, tradition |
Antonyms: |
actuality, history, reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | old wives' tale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | superstition |
Synonyms: |
fairy story, fallacy, false belief, folk tale, folklore, legend, lore, myth, notion, tall story, tall tale |
| Main Entry: | tale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | story |
Synonyms: |
account, anecdote, fable, fairy tale, fiction, folk tale, legend, myth, narration, narrative, novel, relation, report, romance, saga, short story, yarn |