Mythos and Narrative

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Mythos noun - A traditional but unfounded story that gives the reason for a current custom, belief, or fact of nature.

Usage example: according to one creation mythos, humans sprang from the forehead of a god

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Narrative and mythos are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Narrative" instead a noun "Mythos".

Narrative noun - A relating of events usually in the order in which they happened.

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Mythos and narrative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mythos" instead a noun "Narrative".

See Utena first, because it basically spoils all the facts of the series without getting into the meaty bits of it - I agree the mythos is used differently, but only because HT is a very different narrative.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Mega Crossover
Despite what one would expect from a person with such prodigious historical knowledge, Rice invented her mythos whole cloth to suit her own narrative purposes, and barely acknowledged the original superstitions and stories.

Source: Creator / Anne Rice

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