(Gk- tale, story, legend, myth, fable; pron. mee'-thoss): in Scripture myth is used only in a negative sense, for fabulous, false, and deceiving stories which undermine the truth and reality of the Gospel (1 Tim. 1:14; 4:7; 2 Pet. 1:16); "myth" is also used outside of Scripture, both negatively and positively; in the positive sense "myth" is used as a term for ancient, traditional stories, usually transmitted orally, which tell of incredible events in a deliberate manner against the background of a timeless past and involving supernatural events; C. S. Lewis contended that "myth... at its best is a real though unfocused gleam of divine truth falling on human imagination" ( Miracles, Chap. 15, n. 1)