- MYTHS
- False notions
- Stories about how the universe was created, perhaps
- Houseflies only live for 24 hours and "the chupacabra is a thing," for two
- Bunkum
- Snopes debunkings
- Creation stories, e.g.
- Joseph Campbell subjects
- Fables
- Napoleon's short height and others
- Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy
- Traditional stories
- Old wives tales
- Tales of the Titans
- Folklore
- They may be urban
- Urban legends, e.g.
- snopes.com fodder
- Legends
- Unverified stories
- Misconceptions
- Some are urban
- Nessie and Bigfoot, by most accounts
- Enduring legends
- Cousins of legends
- Unfounded stories
- Ancient stories
- Ancient tales
- Bits of folklore
- Folk tales
- Untrue stories
- Legendary stories
- Legendary tales
- Ancient lore
- Ancient legends
- Much of folklore
- Enduring illusions
- Longstanding misconceptions
- Unproven stories
- Enduring misconceptions
- Folklore subjects
- Bulfinch's subject.
- Products of imagination.
- Tales of Hercules' labors
- Legends' kin
- Olympic tales
- They're often exploded
- Bulfinch specialty
- They may start as rumors
- Fantasies
- Some are Greek
- Old stories
- That you should feed a cold and starve a fever, and others
- Yeti and the Loch Ness monster
- Folklore stories
- The "fact" that the Great Wall of China is visible from space, and others
- Tales set on Mount Olympus, e.g.
- The Trojan horse and Pandora's box
- George Washington chopping down a cherry tree, and others
- Some origin stories
- The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle ... or are they?
- Fodder for snopes.com
- Edith Hamilton's forte
- Contents of the Wikipedia page "List of common misconceptions"
- Many are Greek
- Tales of the gods
- Old legends
- Stories of the gods
- They are not to be taken seriously
- Tales of Greek gods, e.g.
- Bits of lore
- Many origin stories
- Some revolve around Mars
- Tales of Mars, e.g.