muthoi

Updated: March 14, 2026

The old Arabs, again, had their tales, which we now call the 'Arabian Nights. The old Romans had theirs, and they called them 'Fabulae, from which our word 'fable' comes; but the old Hellens called theirs 'Muthoi, from which our new word 'myth' is taken.

Charles Kingsley - The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children