MYTHOS
[noun]
1. the underlying system of beliefs, especially those dealing with supernatural forces, characteristic of a particular cultural group.
2. myth; a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities, demigods, legendary creatures and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
3. mythology; a body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person .