What is a Lyth?

What is a Lyth?
Lyth is a word that I made up। It stands for something that is a lie that became a myth। Myths influence the way in which large groups of humans think and even sometimes process information. Myths are the underlying patterns that influence our "Mythos," and our mythos is our own take on spirituality. A myth may or may not be accurate or true. It is normally seemingly impossible to prove or disprove a myth. Most myths began as allegories to describe what appears to the listener as the ineffable. Many myths begin by someone who believes they understand something or some phenomenon using faulty reasoning. Some myths began in order to gain or keep control over a certain type of people. When it is clear, a myth began as a way of gaining control over people I call that a "Lyth." A lyth is a myth and a lie combined in order to subjugate. For instance, when the slavers said of the slaves that they kidnapped that "they had no souls."
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