mindmap root((传奇)) myth is varied in application and connotation and can apply to a fanciful explanation as of a natural phenomenon, social practice, or belief: ~s of ancient Greece; or a story, belief, or notion commonly held to be true but utterly without fact: the ~ that money buys happiness. legend typically applies to a story, incident, or notion attached to a particular person or place that purports to be historical though in fact unverifiable or incredible: the ~ of Paul Bunyan. saga may refer to a long, continued, heroic story that deals with a person or a group and is historical or legendary or a mixture of both: the building of the railroad was part of the great ~ of the West.