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.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«mythic»
«tale»
Sentences with «mythic tale»
- 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)
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