Fairy tale
Fairy tale noun - A statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive.
Mythology and fairy tale are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mythology" instead a noun phrase "Fairy tale".
Mythology
Mythology noun - The body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place.
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Synonyms for Mythology
Fairy tale and mythology are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fairy tale" instead a noun "Mythology".
Nearby Word: mythological
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- fantasy and fairy tale
- fantasy and mythology
- fiction and fairy tale
- fiction and mythology
- fable and fairy tale
- fable and mythology
- tale and fairy tale
- tale and mythology
- narrative and fairy tale
- narrative and mythology
- legend and fairy tale
- legend and mythology
- saga and fairy tale
- saga and mythology
Both terms in one sentence
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The Fair Folk: The miraculous Arc Creature of Fable makes a character more like a creature from a fairy tale or mythology, with the ability to do stuff in-between scenes, have an iconic appearance and mess with supernatural and miraculous powers.
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Distinctly subverted in the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl installments, where one of the mythology/fairy tale books in the Canalave Library says that man and 'mon were once equal partners, with no difference between them.
Source: Bestiality Is Depraved - The Raid happens every seven years on Halloween/Samhain in a random Celtic country, and is dreaded since nobody knows who the marks will be or can stop it from happening.Moonflowers draws heavily on the overlapping Celtic Mythology and Fairy Tale elements.
Source: Literature / Moonflowers
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