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German-English Dictionary: Myth

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NOUN

myth: Mythos {m}
Märchen {n}
Sage {f}
Mär {f} [fig.]
Mythus {m}
Märe {f} [seltener für Mär] [veraltet]
Mythe {f} [veraltend] [Mythos]lit.myth.relig.
myth-enshrouded {adj}: sagenumwobentravel
anthropogonic myth [myth of the creation of mankind]: anthropogonischer Mythos {m}relig.
Christ myth: Christusmythe {f} [bes. Arthur Drews]relig.
creation myth [sometimes derogatory]: Schöpfungsmythos {m}ethn.myth.relig.
foundation myth: Gründungsmythos {m}
founding myth: Gründungsmythos {m}hist.
hero myth: Heroenmythos {m}myth.
historical myth: Geschichtsmythos {m}
origin myth: Ursprungsmythos {m}ethn.myth.relig.
origin myth [of a state etc.]: Gründungsmythos {m}
popular myth: verbreiteter Mythos {m} [Irrtum]
urban myth: Großstadtmythos {m}
enveloped in myth {adj} [literary]: mythenumwoben [literarisch]
It's a myth. [fig.]: Das ist ein Gerücht / Märchen.
shrouded in myth {adj} [literary]: mythenumwoben [literarisch]
mythenumrankt [literarisch]
surrounded in myth {adj} [literary]: mythenumwoben [literarisch]
to dispel a myth: mit einem Mythos aufräumen
to disprove a myth: ein allgemein verbreitetes Gerücht widerlegen
to explode a myth: einen Mythos als falsch entlarvenidiom
myth of origin: Ursprungsmythos {m}ethn.lit.
myth of Orpheus: Orpheusmythos {m}myth.
The Myth of Sisyphus [Albert Camus]: Der Mythos von Sisyphosphilos.
to build a myth around sth./sb.: etw./jdn. mythisieren
etw./jdn. mythologisieren
to dismantle the myth around sth./sb.: etw./jdn. entmythisieren
etw./jdn. entmythologisieren
to expose sth. as (a) myth: etw. als Mythos entlarven
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold [C. S. Lewis]: Du selbst bist die AntwortFlit.

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