μῦθος

Etymology

 * According to Frisk, of origin, from.
 * According to Beekes there are no plausible comparanda and the word is.
 * Others compare it to 🇨🇬, as if via.
 * Ernštedt (1953: 55-57) argues that it derived from . If so, a cognate to 🇨🇬, and related to.
 * Possibly related to 🇨🇬, from.

Noun

 * 1) something said: word, speech, conversation
 * 2) public speech
 * 3)  talk, conversation
 * 4) advice, counsel, command, order, promise
 * 5) the subject of a speech or talk
 * 6) a resolve, purpose, design, plan
 * 7) saying, proverb
 * 8) the talk of men, rumor, report, message
 * 9) tale, story, narrative,
 * 10) tale, legend, myth
 * 11)  a legend of the early Greek times, before the dawn of history
 * 12) a professed work of fiction, fable, such as those of Aesop
 * 13) the plot of a tragedy or comedy
 * 1) a resolve, purpose, design, plan
 * 2) saying, proverb
 * 3) the talk of men, rumor, report, message
 * 4) tale, story, narrative,
 * 5) tale, legend, myth
 * 6)  a legend of the early Greek times, before the dawn of history
 * 7) a professed work of fiction, fable, such as those of Aesop
 * 8) the plot of a tragedy or comedy
 * 1) the talk of men, rumor, report, message
 * 2) tale, story, narrative,
 * 3) tale, legend, myth
 * 4)  a legend of the early Greek times, before the dawn of history
 * 5) a professed work of fiction, fable, such as those of Aesop
 * 6) the plot of a tragedy or comedy
 * 1) tale, legend, myth
 * 2)  a legend of the early Greek times, before the dawn of history
 * 3) a professed work of fiction, fable, such as those of Aesop
 * 4) the plot of a tragedy or comedy
 * 1) a professed work of fiction, fable, such as those of Aesop
 * 2) the plot of a tragedy or comedy
 * 1) the plot of a tragedy or comedy
 * 1) the plot of a tragedy or comedy

Usage notes
The scholia on the Odyssey 21.71 says that is Aeolic for, but compare. It is used there in the significance of "resolve, purpose".