The phrase "mythic tale" refers to a traditional story that often involves gods, heroes, or magical beings. It usually carries a deeper meaning and teaches moral lessons. Full definition
A dark, flinty little thriller, Winter's Bone is very specific about people and place, zeroing in on poverty in the Ozarks to tell an almost mythic tale of a hardscrabble family grappling with its demons. (vanityfair.com)
What he finds, through the journals of his great - grandmother, Nani Keala (aka Nancy Callahan), and through his own investigations, is an almost mythic tale: how Nani, a shy girl from a remote Indian village, learns English at a local white rancher's school and meets the Hawaiian king, David Kalakaua, on his grand progress by train across the United States in 1881, and returns with him to Honolulu. (bookbrowse.com)
Both Rabbithole and Tightrope draw inspiration from Amar Chitra Katha, a popular Indian comic series for children of historical and mythic tales from the South Asian Subcontinent. (art.unc.edu)