Definition.
Myth is a story, often but not always ancient, in which the dramas of the psyche are personified as characters and unfolded in narrative form. Legend and fairy tale often operate in a similar manner. Archetypal figures and situations are often clothed in story. Sometimes mistakenly understood to be ‘untrue,’ myths reveal the deeper truths of the psyche, its powers and propensities, its flaws and gifts. While mythic stories may vary across times and cultures, the underlying archetypes that populate them are universally human.