Concept: myth in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/10964
Preferred label myth
Definition A traditional or legendary story, usually dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, heroes or events, that is with or without determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, but is used to explain some practice, rite or phenomenon of nature, or to justify the existence of a social institution.
Notation
Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Alternative label
  • legend [sv]
  • saga [sv]
  • sägen [sv]
Has broader
Has related match
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