| A | B |
|---|
| mythology (traditional definition) | oral retelling of myths |
| mythology (modern definition) | collection of all the myths of a culture |
| myth | a story that a particular culture believes to be true but is not true (uses supernatural events) |
| folklore | traditional beliefs, practices, customs, jokes, songs, etc. of a people, transmitted orally or by other non-institutional means |
| urban legend | kind of folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those to be circulating them |
| fable | short story or folktale embodying a moral |
| legend | narrative of human actions |
| creation myths | describes how universe was created or how planets were created |
| origin myths | describes beginning of something |
| trickster myth | includes gods who play tricks often ending with end of the world |
| ritual myth | explains religious practice |
| cult myths | explains festival or celebration or where it came from |
| prestige myths | any time a god chooses a hero, city, or people |
| eschatological myths | dealing with end of world or era |
| alienation myth | myth about why things go wrong |
