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What is a mythos?

What is a mythos? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group.
  2. Anything delivered by word of mouth: a word, speech, conversation, or similar; a story, tale, or legend, especially a poetic tale.
  3. A tale, story, or narrative, usually verbally transmitted, or otherwise recorded into the written form from an alleged secondary source.
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A really obvious example of this happened when the Romans invaded Greece, and ultimately adopted a modified version of the Greek mythos.
I've always been interested in the ancient American mythologies of the Inca, Maya, and Aztec, and the ancient mythos of the Greeks and Egyptians.
To facilitate allusion to the braggadocio, or the extravagant in observation, the mythos of Iagoo is added to his vocabulary.
Much of the traditional Arthurian mythos has simply been left out.
This is the mythos of tragedy, combined with a glorious transcendence of conflict.
This mythos is still prevalent, though abused for the most atrocious purposes.

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