Message #218308

[Angels & Demons]

    If the word "mythical" really meant just "a traditional story deriving from ancient times", then I'd agree. But that's simply not the case. Alternative meanings include:

        * From [10]: "2. Imaginary; fictitious."
        * From WordNet 2.0: "lacking factual basis or historical validity;"
        * From [11]: "2. imaginary: not true or real, but existing only in somebody's imagination"

    Atlantis is "mythical" in these senses. Phiwum 13:18, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

I am not at all happy with these definitions. Then every uncertain thing and every imagination is a myth. This is not a wise definition of "myth" one can clearly see. What do you think of at first if you hear "myth"? You do not think at all of an artificial story, but of something old with uncertain roots. Let us search compromises: What about using "artificial myth" or "platonic myth" to point out, that it is not a myth in general meaning? --Athenaios 16:30, 26 May 2006 (UTC)