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01. The native people of our country have many beautiful [myths] regarding the creation of our universe.
02. Personally, I think that the story of the Loch Ness Monster is just a [myth] that the local people like to keep alive because it brings in so many tourist dollars.
03. In my opinion, it is a [myth] that smoking marijuana leads people onto harder drugs.
04. The centaur is a [mythical] animal, half-man and half-goat.
05. The suggestion that raising the minimum wage hurts the economy is a [myth], according to most economists.
06. People seem to think that childhood is a happy, stress-free time, but I think this is a [myth] created by those with short memories.
07. James Feibleman once said that a [myth] is a religion in which no one believes any longer.
08. It is a common [myth] that chocolate causes pimples.
09. There is a place in Scotland called Findhorne, where the people believe that [mythical] creatures such as fairies, and the god Pan help them in their gardening.
10. The suggestion that coffee will reduce the effects of alcohol is a [myth].
11. The art of the Roman Empire was generally commemorative and narrative, and was based not on [myth], but on history.
12. Some scholars have tried to place the location of the [mythical] Garden of Eden in what is now the nation of Bahrain.
13. It has been said that in Ireland, history and [myth] have a strange way of merging.
14. It is hard to say whether the story of William Tell is Swiss history or Swiss [myth].
15. The suggestion that children are superior to adults in language learning because their brains are more flexible is a [myth].
16. In Greek [mythology], music was believed to have a divine origin.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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