Myth and Truth

Opposite meaning words

Myth noun - A false idea or belief.

Usage example: the idea that alligators can live in the sewers of New York is just a myth

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Truth is an antonym for myth in often ancient topic.

Nearby Words: mythical, mythic

Truth noun - Agreement with fact or reality.

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Myth is an antonym for truth.

pure	pure myth	pure truth
common	common myth	common truth
complete	complete myth	complete truth
original	original myth	original truth
Other adjectives: single, simple, actual, entire, real, religious.

The young adult novel Sucks To Be Me by Kimberly Pauley is about a girl, named Mina, of all things, who must take classes on vampires to decide if she wants to be one and, at the head of each chapter, list a vampire myth and then the truth about it.

Source: Our Vampires Are Different / Literature
Note that you should not even attempt this without significant historical research under your belt, and even then, people have messed around with historical dates so often during the times and truth intermingled with myth so much that it will probably not do you a lot of good anyway.

Source: Retroactive Precognition
Legend Fades to Myth: One of the themes of the story is that the singers, though not rich or able to command troops or fly, have the power to decide what becomes historical truth, as Windhaven has no system of writing.

Source: Literature / Windhaven

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