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myth any traditional story consisting of events that are ostensibly historical, though often supernatural, explaining the origins of a cultural practice or natural phenomenon mythological cosmology a way of explaining the origin, the history and the evolution of the cosmos or universe based on the religious mythology of a specific tradition, usually including an act of creation by a creator deity or a larger pantheon oral tradition a form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved and transmitted orally from one generation to another myth a story to explain why something exists ritual a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, and objects, performed in a sequestered place, and performed according to set sequence Myth of normality it tells us that being within the range of what is considered "normal" is a core feature of successfully being a member of society. myth a collectively held belief that has no basis in fact rumor a tall tale of explanations of events circulating from person to person and pertaining to an object, event, or issue in public concern misinformation information which is often seen as simply false Psychology of Rumor a 1944 study published by Robert Knapp in which her reports on his analysis of over 1000 rumours from World War II that were printed in the Boston Herald's Rumor Clinic Column