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10[[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/{{Fables}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_fable_new_edition_cover_6009.jpg]]]]
11[[caption-width-right:350:Literature/SnowWhite, TheBigBadWolf, a [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz flying monkey]], a [[Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs little pig]], Little Boy Blue, Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast...yup, the [[FantasyKitchenSink gang's all here.]]]]
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13->''"Believe what?" asked Shadow. "What should I believe?"\
14"'''Everything'''," roared the buffalo man.''
15-->-- ''Literature/AmericanGods''
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17In {{fantasy}}, all myths, legends, and folk tales are either accurate descriptions of past events or accurate predictions of the future.
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19If the hero's got to do something BecauseDestinySaysSo, these are the official mandates that forces them to do it. Saying "It's just a myth" usually marks a [[JadeColoredGlasses jaded skeptic that has lost all faith in the world]] or a {{Muggle|s}} knee-deep in what's going to hit the fan.
20If a character tells the hero a story and then adds: "but it's probably just an old fairy-tale" -- you can bet anything it's completely true and very soon, the hero will see firsthand whatever the story was about.
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22DominoRevelation, FromCataclysmToMyth, and PropheciesAreAlwaysRight are [[SubTrope Sub-Tropes]] of this. For versions where the myth is ''based'' on truth but people got the details wrong, see GodGuise, CargoCult, AncientAstronauts, PhysicalGod, SufficientlyAdvancedAlien, and AGodAmI. If this treatment is given to only one pantheon/religion/what-have-you, see AMythologyIsTrue. For characters who might live in a world where All Myths Are True and despite solid evidence don't believe it, see FlatEarthAtheist.
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24For the [[JustForFun/SciFiCounterpart scientific counterpart]], see AllTheoriesAreTrue. For the conspiracy nut, there's the ConspiracyKitchenSink. For the video game rumor counterpart, see InfallibleBabble. Someone with the tendency to exclaim "That can't exist!" in one of these settings may suffer from ArbitrarySkepticism.
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26A not uncommon variant of this is to have only ''ancient'' myths be explicitly true and shown on screen, with the truth of modern religions going unexamined or remaining ambiguous; this is done for reasons similar to NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus, where writers avoid touching on religions with significant numbers of modern adherents in order to avoid the controversy that would come from putting them on equal footing with myths few modern readers treat seriously.
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28This goes hand in hand with TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: if a myth is mentioned in a show, it should be relevant to the plot, and the myth being true will certainly help with that. See also TheLegendOfChekhov.
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30Not to be confused with ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve (and its sub-trope GodsNeedPrayerBadly), where believing in a myth ''makes'' it true. OneMythToExplainThemAll is if they all stem from the same source (aliens, wizards, etc). If it's the myths in ''our'' universe that are treated as all being true, then that's a CrossoverCosmology or a FantasyKitchenSink. See also PublicDomainCanonWelding.
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37* Played with in ''Manga/{{Arago}}''. For example, Werewolves don't exist, [[spoiler:but a wolf pelt that turns a person into a werewolf-like creature does]].
38* ''Anime/BraveRaideen'': In RealLife, Mu was a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(mythical_lost_continent)#/media/File:Book_map1.jpg fabled continent]] introduced by Augustus Le Plongeon. James Churchward subsequently identified it with the hypothetical land of Lemuria while also claiming that it was later destroyed, hence why it was unlocatable on the world map. It's existence is dismissed by many modern-day geologists because it is physically impossible for a continent to sink in the timespan Churchward provided[[note]]Since continents float on the sima much like icebergs float on water, a continent cannot simply "sink" under the ocean. It would take several millenia for the sial rocks to erode, and the bottom of the ocean has no records of them.[[/note]]. In the anime, it turns out that those RealLife geologists were wrong all along and Mu really did exist - Barao just wrecked it, and then it was swept away by a tsunami.
39* ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' blends legends and myth with that of biblical events. Muska references the blast from the mystic city of Laputa with that of Sodom and Gomorrah's destruction in the bible.
40* ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'':
41** The series has this as a RunningGag, with the characters mentioning urban legends that all end up being true.
42** It is revealed in its parent series, ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'', [[spoiler:that the world has had been destroyed and created ''many times over'', thanks in part to the [[TheArchmage magical gods]], nigh-omnipotent beings who each represent the religions their powers and magic are based on]].
43* ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'': In [[GrandFinale Episode 10]], [[spoiler:Satan]] reveals to Akira that demons weren't exterminated when God nearly wiped them out millions of years ago, surviving by taking form as shapeless entities that would come to [[DemonicPossession possess any humans]] that drew them to merge with. [[spoiler:Satan]] then goes on to reveal that demons that have appeared throughout human history served as the basis of all mythological monsters, gods and creatures, over the thousands of years that demonkind has remained hidden in society.
44-->'''[[spoiler:Satan]]''': ''(a montage of different still images during [[spoiler:his]] monologue [[FreezeFrameBonus shows images]] of [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent a Wolf-Man]], [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler Vlad III the Impaler]], [[Myth/HinduMythology Ganesha]], [[Myth/EgyptianMythology a Sphinx]], [[Myth/ClassicalMythology a Minotaur]], [[Myth/ClassicalMythology a Centaur]], [[Myth/HinduMythology Hayagriva]], and the prehistoric fossils of [[MixAndMatchCritter a chimeric monster with an avian head and lobster pincers]] and a [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticore-like]] fossil)'' "The legends of [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] and [[OurOgresAreHungrier ogres]] are likely derivatives of demons who had merged with humans. Myths and stories throughout time show that there were people who were aware of our existence."
45* Only three legends are ever mentioned in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', two of which turn out to be true. The Xingese legend of the Western Sage is [[spoiler:about Ed and Al's father]], while the Amestrian legend of the Eastern Sage is [[spoiler:about "Father," the BigBad of the series]]. The third myth is presented when Ed compares the circumstances that caused his own amputations to the story of Icarus (of Greek Mythology) flying into the sun and getting burned. Whether the Icarus myth is true in the FMA world is never clarified.
46* ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' suggests that the zoanoids changing between human and monster forms is the origin of myths like werewolves and vampires.
47* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': About half the time, when it's not parodied to hell and back.
48* ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'':
49** The story begins with Shuurei telling her students the story of their country's founding, ending it by saying that according to legend, the eight immortal sages who helped the first emperor found Saiunkoku are still alive in secret among the people. This is absolutely true, and Shuurei goes on to become personally (albeit unwittingly) acquainted with several of them.
50** A little later in the first arc, Shuurei begins to tell Ryuuki the story of the Rose Princess and how she married a mortal man. This story is not only ''also'' true, it's [[spoiler:the story of her parents' marriage]].
51* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Manga/RecordOfRagnarok''. While pretty much all of the characters from various religions and mythologies exist in the manga, there were plenty of instances where some of the finer details were misinterpreted or changed.
52* This is brought up in the second season of ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'''s anime adaptation, when Holo's past is being discussed.
53* In ''Manga/TheVoynichHotel'', not only do devils exist, the legend of the sister-witches called the Three Mothers who were treated as minor goddesses on the island where the story is set turns out to be true, along with everything dealing with their conflicts with the invading Spanish army and their eventual fates.
54* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Genkai explains that Botan went to see King Yama. When Kaitou tells her he thought he wasn't real, [[DeadpanSnarker she]] says it isn't the time for stupid questions.
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58* Double Subverted in the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho adventure ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho033Neverland Neverland]]''. [[spoiler: The Doctor and the Time Lords head into a universe of Anti-Time to fix Charley's paradox, but it is revealed that the Time Lords have other motivations for heading there. It is revealed that legends on multiple planets speak of the great Time Lord Rassilon heading into the empire of Zagreus (the Anti-Verse) to face the beast himself. The legends seem to be true when they find the casket of Rassilon, which is given to them by the denizens of the Anti-Verse. However, it is revealed that the legends of Rassilon and Zagreus were planted by these so-called Neverpeople in order to lure the Time Lords into bringing the casket, which actually contains enough Anti-Time to destroy the universe. However, when the Doctor absorbs the Anti-Time into himself and the TARDIS to save the universe, a creature of Anti-Time is created inside him. It decides to take its name from a creature of legend.]]
59--> '''The Doctor:''' [[spoiler:I have become... ZAGREUS!]]
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63* In the Italian comic book ''Attica'', not only all the old myths are true and their characters exist and reincarnates, ''modern'' myths have their characters gain life. The cast includes incarnations of characters from ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' and ''Literature/SnowWhite'', {{Henshin Hero}}es referred to as {{Toku}}satsu, and even a Starter Franchise/{{Pokemon}}-esque, the latter shown explicitly to have been born as a video game.
64* In ''ComicBook/{{Crimson}}'', angels and demons exist and the War in Heaven is part of the story. Vampires, werewolves and a multitude of monsters are collectively referred to as darklings. Myth/SaintGeorge plays a pivotal role in the story as God's mortal champion. The Underworld from Myth/ClassicalMythology is featured with Charon the boatman ferrying the dead and other pantheons are referenced.
65* The ''CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations'' series has this at its core. The titular squad of vampires fights all sorts of supernatural threats. In fact, the only major human member of CVO is their boss Overmars, whose orders the vampires follow without question (most of the time). Overmars's NumberTwo is an [[WickedCultured erudite demon]] named Nikodemus (who looks a little weird, being all red with large horns while wearing a suit). Their scientific expert is a nerdy zombie (who hasn't lost his mind or gained a taste for human flesh). In later issues, they get two more operatives, one of which is a human GeniusBruiser the size of a defensive lineman and a Japanese {{katana|sAreJustBetter}}-wielding girl who can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turn into]] a [[SnakePeople snake-like creature]] complete with SssssnakeTalk. Their normal enemies include everything from zombies and demons to aliens and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. They also have MagiTek called Artillica, which appears to be the focus of many issues. And that's just a sampling.
66* Creator/DCComics is like Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} in its 'everything we published counts' approach, though with a few more notable exceptions -- which of their Creator/{{Vertigo|Comics}} line of comics stories count and which don't isn't terribly clear, for example. Or at least, it exists in ''some'' form (like Batman of Zur-En-Arrh being a psychological construct, a 'backup' for if Batman's mind should be otherwise broken.) These days, with a CrisisCrossover {{Cosmic Retcon}}ning out everything the current writer doesn't like at least once every other year, it's hard to know what of the previous month's comics counted at any given time, let alone one from fifty years ago. However, we do have the approach to myth and legend as the trope describes: Ancient Greek & Egyptian gods? [[Franchise/WonderWoman Totally exist]]. King Arthur? Ditto. Ghosts, TheLegionsOfHell, things [[OurDemonsAreDifferent called demons]] that ''aren't'' TheLegionsOfHell, vampires, Biblical figures? Even characters who don't primarily deal with the supernatural have had multiple run-ins with all of the above. We have ''main characters'' in most of those categories, in fact.
67** In Franchise/TheDCU, even if you just look at the Marvel Family, you've got [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] whose powers come from Solomon and a selection of Greek and Roman figures, as well as his rival, [[Characters/ShazamBlackMarvelFamily Black Adam]] who gets HIS powers from the Egyptian pantheon. Both collections of myths spell out "SHAZAM", so they both have the same magic transformation word.
68** The map of the Multiverse tying into ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' puts it up front, with Dream (the home of [[ComicBook/TheSandman1989 the Endless]]), Heaven, New Genesis, Skyland (the home of the various pantheons), Nightmare, Hell, Apokolips and the Underworld (also known as the PhantomZone) all co-existing in the Sphere of the Gods. On another level, many of the Earths have heroes that are fictional in each other's worlds.
69** Comically {{lampshade|Hanging}}d and [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzagged]] by Harvey Bullock during the ''ComicBook/ThroneOfAtlantis'':
70--->'''Harvey Bullock:''' {{Atlantis}}? I thought that was just a gimmick.\
71'''Aquaman:''' Gimmick?\
72'''Harvey Bullock:''' Mad Hatter ain't from [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Wonderland]], is he?
73* Possibly to FantasyKitchenSink-levels in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}''.
74-->'''Ganesh:''' The Earth is so old, and home to so many strange things, that there is hardly an inch of ground that was never home to a shrine, or a god, or a battle, or some magical oddity. Even under the ground, you yourself have said, there are old gods, old prophecies, old lost things. It is not odd that this [[spoiler:bound god]] should be here, in this place. If anything, it is odd that we are not constantly hip-deep in such magical echoes of the past.
75* ''ComicBook/DraculaMarvelComics'': In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, {{Dracula}} and his nemesis Abraham Van Helsing really existed, with Creator/BramStoker's [[Literature/{{Dracula}} novel]] being a fictionalized account of real events. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in an issue of ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'', where, upon being told that Dracula is behind an attack on Avengers Mansion, [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels Monica Rambeau]] reacts in disbelief and assumes Strange is joking.
76* This was the original premise of ''ComicBook/TheEternals'', before they were [[CanonImmigrant shoehorned into]] the mainstream Franchise/MarvelUniverse. The Creator/JackKirby series had these beings and their enemies the Deviants, mistaken for gods and monsters and inspiring all of humanity's myths, legends and ancient religions. When they got switched to the FantasyKitchenSink of the MU, they were relegated to having merely been [[MistakenIdentity mistaken for actually-existing gods]].
77* The overarching plot of both ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' and ''Jack of Fables'' is, of course, that all fictional characters really exist and are living in New York. ''Jack of Fables'' introduces characters that represent literary devices, the most amusing of which is probably the Pathetic Fallacy. Characters introduced have included Snow White and her sister Rose Red, Beauty and the Beast, The Big Bad Wolf, The Frog Prince, Bluebeard, Pinocchio, Jack the Giant Killer, Prince Charming, Little Boy Blue, Old King Cole, Ichabod Crane of Sleepy Hollow fame, and many more. And that's just the comic, the game adds Mr. Toad, Bloody Mary, Tiny Tim, The Little Mermaid and the Jersey Devil (amongst others) to the mix.
78* ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} IS this trope, except when he's fighting [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]], who are more often than not [[{{Ghostapo}} allied with the supernatural]] anyway.
79* ''ComicBook/IZombie''. It's got the titular zombie, a ghost, a group of vampires, and a were-terrier. And this is all in the first two issues.
80* WordOfGod says ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' deliberately plays on this (it's less that all myths are true, instead that all ''fiction'' is true).
81* ''ComicBook/{{The Sandman|1989}}'': Where we learn that not only are all myths true, they themselves take a back seat to an even deeper and all-encompassing group of seven siblings known as The Endless, who embody seven big forces powering all the mythos throughout the entire universe.
82** Dream is seen interacting with Greek deities, Satan himself, the cast of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' among many others. In one comic, Daniel Hall wanders into the Dreaming and encounters Eve, Cain and Abel. They each tell him a story, Eve tells a slightly altered version of the Book of Genesis, and Abel tells the biblical story of Cain and Abel. When Matthew the raven asks if they are the actual biblical figures, and how their life stories are supposed to fit in with the Big Bang and evolution, Abel says "Well... this wasn't exactly Earth..." before Cain cuts him off.
83* ''ComicBook/{{Smite}}'', just like its game.
84* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': The Creator/{{Elseworlds}} ''ComicBook/TitansScissorsPaperStone'' features a character who has this trope as a superpower. Jamadagni Renuka is a magician who is able to cast spells from any system of magic -- even systems that explicitly contradict each other, or aren't commonly perceived as magic. She knows this, and she doesn't actually ''believe'' in any of it, but everything still works for her. [[spoiler: The entire story of the crossover is her attempt to stop a disaster she foresees by invoking a super team origin -- specifically, the start of the Wolfman-Perez ''Titans'' -- because that would mean the good guys would win.]]
85* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse you have [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] able to work together. Heck, in the Marvel Universe, ALL pantheons are real. Their leaders have the occasional meeting, for crises such as, say; [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion2008 Skrull invasions]]? In fact, the approach taken by Marvel seems to be that EVERYTHING they have ''ever'' published--not just the superhero comics, but horror, science fiction, romance, western, humor etc. are ALL TRUE and part of the same setting--details to be worked out on a case by case basis. Yes, even ComicBook/HowardTheDuck.
86* ''ComicBook/WisdomRudimentsOfWisdom'': Lampshaded in Issue #4.
87--> '''Maureen Raven:''' Oh, for God's sake, the I Ching is true? Is there anything that ''isn't'' true?
88* While ''ComicBook/FinePrint'' takes place in a world once ruled by the gods of Myth/ClassicalMythology, nowadays what remains of TheOldGods have been forced to adapt, most of them being the very angelic Cupids and demon-like Succubi and Incubi. One of the Cubi families are the Morningstars, Lucifer being its patriarch.
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92* In "Literature/SleepingBeauty", when the prince comes and asks after the castle, he gets a whole slew of false answers; although one old man does know the truth, it's not the popular one.
93-->''Everyone answered according as they had heard. Some said that it was a ruinous old castle, haunted by spirits.\
94Others, That all the sorcerers and witches of the country kept there their Sabbath or night's meeting.\
95The common opinion was: That an ogre lived there, and that he carried thither all the little children he could catch, that he might eat them up at his leisure, without anybody being able to follow him, as having himself only the power to pass through the wood.''
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99* ''Fanfic/ACrookedMan'': Johann explains to the former Hellions that the Afterlife, Heaven, Hell, Demons, God, and "a ton of stuff in between" are all true.
100* ''Fanfic/CosmicWarriors'', an AU ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' retelling, the author starts the story off with the first villain Usagi faces being a reincarnated hero from Irish mythology, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne.
101* Fanfic/PercyJacksonAnAgeGoneBy: Like in canon Multiple pantheons are confirmed to be real. Just to name a few, the Persian, Greek and Egyptian pantheons are all confirmed to be real.
102* ''Fanfic/DiariesOfAMadman'' plays around with this. Several human myths are actually true, such as Myth/{{Merlin}}, but others such as the Ancient Greek goddess Athena are actually the subject of {{Demythification}}.
103* ''Fanfic/FateOfTheClans'': Even figures from myth actually existed and are able to be summoned as [[HistoricalDomainCrossover Servants]]. They are even able to be in possession of what was described in their legends.
104* ''Fanfic/HarbingerFinmonster'' (''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''):
105** The Reapers include several death gods and goddesses, like Anubis and Baron Samedi.
106** Ember is a banshee, which is an agent of the Fates (who have numerous identities in different cultures) in this universe.
107* In ''Fanfic/HeartsOfIce'', Ranma and Akane run into all kind of Eastern deities and mythological creatures. Shampoo meets up with an old Chinese divine dragon. Akane gets stranded in the Kami Plane, works as a bodyguard by Yuki-Onna, is trained by a Tengu and meets Susano-O. Ranma meets Emma-O and makes a deal with a Phoenix. And so on.
108* ''Fanfic/HowTheLightGetsIn'':
109** Discussed when [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Dean]] is trying to brief [[Series/TheFlash2014 Team Flash]] on the supernatural.
110--->'''Joe West:''' Just how many things are there?\
111'''Dean:''' Witches, Ghosts, vampires, ghouls, shapeshifters, hellhounds, demons, angels. It's all real. Name an urban legend and I'll tell you if it's real.\
112'''Wally West:''' ''(instantly)'' Zombies.\
113'''Dean:''' Yep. Real.\
114'''Wally West:''' Holy Shit.
115** Unicorns, however, are fake. Or possibly extinct, depending on who you ask.
116* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'': During the Trip to the Cyan Desert Car, Chloe confronts Anubis who reveals that the beings who blessed her cloak (The Cloak of Marchosias and Wepwawet) are real. Upon this revelation, Lexi is ecstatic because this means mythologies of different civilizations were created by people who happened to board the Train throughout the millennia, not to mention that demons are also real. Chapters later, Wyn tells Tony Clark that the gods and demons go by different names on the Train: the Numine and the Goetias, and passengers who are lucky enough to meet them can be given contracts ("aligned" for a Numine and a "covenant" for a Goetia).
117* ''Fanfic/IntelligenceFactor'': According to Giratina, all of the legendary Pokémon are real, and even myths with no basis in reality can become real thanks to [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve Infinity Energy]].
118* ''Fanfic/{{Mortified}}'': It's all but stated that all of the Earth's myths are related to ghosts and the Infinite Realms, via the natural portals between the real world and the Ghost Zone. For example, Ereshkigal, the core of the Ghost Zone, has also been called Hades and Hell, the Ancients were once known as the Anunnaki during the time of Ancient Sumeria, and they were once attacked by a sorceress named Inanna who tried to conquer the Ghost Zone, referencing [[Literature/InannasDescentToTheNetherworld the famous myth of the Mesopotamian goddess Inanna's descent into the underworld]].
119* ''Fanfic/MyLesbianLifeWithMonsterGirlsMonsterYurisume'': In one chapter, Froze mentions that her species, the Fenrir, inspired Myth/InuitMythology about the great wolf Amarok, and later, Iormu states that she dated Thor, and the story of their breakup was blown out of proportion and eventually became the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Ragnarok myth]].
120* ''FanFic/NedStarkLives'', after the appearance of the Others, [[spoiler:the Night's King, the Stranger]], dragons and so many creatures of tales, many characters are starting to wonder if other stories they were told by their elders were true as well.
121* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Surprisingly, around half of the myths or legends about the Good Hunter have some truth to it, while the other half is either false or not confirmed.
122** A popular notion amongst the populace is that Sir Kyril can [[DetectEvil sense ill intent somehow]]. While it is true that Kyril is [[GeniusBruiser very observant, thanks to his accumulated combat experience from the Night of the Hunt]], it is not explicitly shown that he can detect malicious ki/energy/intent.
123** Another notion is that Sir Kyril [[BloodLust drinks the blood of his enemies to harvest their strength]], or similarly, his Saw Cleaver drinks the blood of the traitors and the faithless. Although the two do not directly ingest the blood of his foes, and it is unknown whether the "rally" mechanic works the same way in the waking world as in ''VideoGame/BloodBorne'' (i.e. regaining health within a window of opportunity while continuously attacking an enemy), this is exactly what he does in Yharnam. To elaborate, his means of recovering health, levelling up, and purchasing consumables either [[BloodMagic directly or indirectly involve blood]], as in, the Old Blood.
124** At the beginning of the story, Kyril has racked up a high body count of orc and goblin kind, leading to many believing that he had an intense hatred of them. In fact, he defies WhatMeasureIsANonHuman and [[NothingPersonal does not hold a grudge of any kind]].
125** While not confirmed by the populace, the notion that Sir Kyril is nigh unkillable is certainly true, thanks to his ResurrectiveImmortality.
126** Some say that Kyril is a demon in human form, which is not true [[spoiler:unless you equate "demon" with [[EldritchAbomination a certain slug/squid-like creature]]]].
127** For the more absurd ones, there are stories about Kyril occasionally taking people, including teenagers like Soren, as a HumanSacrifice. This is simply not true.
128* The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''Fanfic/OneWorld'', dramatically expands the list of mythical creatures that exist in the Harry Potter universe due to research on various myths. Thus far Hogwarts has a professor that's a [[OurElvesAreDifferent Drow]], {{Selkies|AndWereseals}} and [[SeaMonster Knuckers]] in Black Lake, ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' was invented by a former Cursebreaker that lost his magic, and [[spoiler: Voldemort has been shown to negotiate with devils and demons]].
129* ''FanFic/RWBYReckoning'' shows that Adam and Eve were created, not by God, but by an [[AbusivePrecursors oppressive species known only as the Founders]]. Adam grew tired of seeing humankind suffer under their rule, and [[GiveMeLibertyOrGiveMeDeath decided to rebel]]. In the end, Adam and Eve were forced to construct a galactic portal, and escape to an uninhabited planet, armed with an array of [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Dust crystals]].
130* ''Fanfic/SilentPartnerUnfinishedBusiness'': Once you know about Shinigami, nothing else can be ruled out.
131-->'''Misa:''' And like, I know, okay, vampires aren't real. [...] Actually, I DON'T know vampires aren't real. Like, gods of death are real. And magic has to be real. So, like, maybe? Let me start over. I know that there is a very small chance vampires are real, and if they are, that I know any.
132* ''FanFic/SonOfTheSevenKingdoms'' combines the mythology of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' and ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' and makes it nearly everything real: the Others are [[spoiler:Alduin's]] servants, vampires and Mythic Dawn want to get their hands into an Elder Scroll, [[spoiler:Daenerys, William and Arya can use Dragon Shouts]]...
133* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheWesternSea'' takes the premise of ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' to the logical extreme.[[Myth/JapaneseMythology The Shinto Pantheon]] and members of the [[Myth/CelticMythology Tuatha de Danaan]] have appeared while the [[Myth/ChineseMythology Celestial Bureaucracy]], the [[Myth/HinduMythology Hindu Pantheon]], the [[Literature/TheKaneChronicles Egyptian]] [[Myth/EgyptianMythology gods]] and the [[Myth/RussianMythologyAndTales Koshchei]] have all been confirmed as existing. And those are just the ones mentioned so far.
134* In ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' fanfic ''[[FanFic/TilTheSunGrowsCold Til the Sun Grows Cold and the Stars Grow Old]]'', all of the myths of Hyrule are proven to be true.
135* ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'': With a dose of CrossoverCosmology added in the mix. The second installment reveals that the [[spoiler:mother of the Demon Sorcerers]] is [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Tiamat]] who has taken part in every major continental/biota cataclysm on Earth. After her [[spoiler:husband and Other Apsu's death, [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Typhon]] had her birth for him the Demon Sorcerers in exchange for the vengeance she wanted]]. However, instead of dying like in the original myth, she hid herself after she regretted [[spoiler:setting the Demon Sorcerers to wreak destruction on her enemies]].
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139* A few ''Anime/DoraemonFilmSeries'' films will feature legends of the past which, as the gang found out later, turns out to be very real.
140** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasGreatAdventureInTheSouthSeas'' reveals that {{Sea Monster}}s in legends, such as the Behemoth, Kraken, Leviathan, Mokele-mbembe, are actually genetically-modified monstrosities created by the EvilutionaryBiologist Dr. Clone after time-traveling from the 22nd Century to the Golden Age of Piracy, which his benefactor, Mr. Cash the billionaire, is funding in order to be sold to the future black market.
141** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasChronicleOfTheMoonExploration'' reveals a race of aliens from the moon who had existed for an entire millennia, who will regularly visit earth every few hundred years to find a new home after their world was destroyed by a dictatorial warlord. One of them, Luna, arrived in Japan in Meiji times and is actually the inspiration behind the myth of Princess Kaguya from ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter''.
142* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'': Cryptids such as the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot are actually ex-citizens of Monstropolis who have been banished to the human world.
143* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerrysGiantAdventure:'' Jack is startled to find out that fairy tale characters exist outside of the story books and that he's TheChosenOne who is destined to slay the giant.
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147* The Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse establishes that Myth/ClassicalMythology is real, with [[Characters/ClassicalMythologyFirstGenerationOlympians Zeus]] having created humanity. However, other legends with seemingly no relation also exist in this setting like [[Film/Aquaman2018 underwater kingdom of Atlantis]], South-American gods like the [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 Enchantress and her brother Incubus]], the [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 New Gods]] [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague of Apokolips]] that attempted to invade Earth millennia ago before being stopped by an alliance between humans, Amazons and Atlanteans, and according to WordOfGod, Native American legends are real too with [[spoiler:one of [[Film/WonderWoman2017 Wonder Woman's companions in World War I]] actually being a demigod from Blackfoot myths]]. And that is not even counting the alien civilizations such as [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Krypton]] and the several races that compose the [[Franchise/GreenLantern Green Lantern Corps]].
148* ''Franchise/IndianaJones''. The Jewish story of the [[PublicDomainArtifact Ark of the Covenant]] and the medieval Christian tale of the [[PublicDomainArtifact Holy Grail]] are both proven to be unambiguously true. But so are some elements of Hinduism and the legend of the {{Crystal Skull}}s. Not to mention stories of extraterrestrial visitation, and theories about AncientAstronauts. Despite all this, it remains a tradition for Indy to initially express unabashed [[ArbitrarySkepticism skepticism]] with each new installment before he's inevitably [[SkepticismFailure proven wrong]].
149-->'''Pooka''': [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/8438425/ You know, I kind of want to know how the cosmology of the Indiana Jones-verse works, given that it has, at least, an active Judeo-Christian God, active pagan gods, extraterrestrials, and psychic phenomena. And Nazis EVERYWHERE. It's like freaking Rifts.]]
150* The TV-Movie series, ''Film/TheLibrarian'' completely runs on this, especially since it's the Librarian's job to find and store all the world's legendary and mystical items in a hidden underground room in the Metropolitan Public Library so that they'll be safe and won't be used for evil purposes. The room literally has everything: Pandora's Box, The Golden Goose, the Shroud of Turn, Medusa's head, the Holy Grail, Poseidon's Trident, The Ark of the Covenant, The Spear of Destiny, Pan's pipes, H.G. Wells' time machine, {{Excalibur}}, etc.
151* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse establishes that at least three sets of ancient beliefs are true, though somewhat misinterpreted by humanity; the Norse Gods (established in ''Film/{{Thor}}''), the Egyptian Gods (established in ''Series/{{Moon Knight|2022}}'') and the Greek Gods (established in ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder''). [[Film/BlackPanther2018 Wakanda]] also has its own set of (real) gods, while the Film/{{Eternals}} are also shown to have been the inspiration for many human mythical figures. And all of these coexist with even more godlike beings, such as [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 the Watchers]], the [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Celes]][[Film/{{Eternals}} tials]], [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Dormammu]], [[Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings the Dweller-in-Darkness]] and [[Series/Loki2021 the Time Variance Authority]].
152* Franchise/MonsterVerse: All but stated as of ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', and it's explored a lot more in that film's novelization. It's implied that Ghidorah in particular and possibly other Titans are cases of this trope overlapping with OneMythToExplainThemAll. Several of the Titans are named after, or might actually be the basis of, legendary deities. Of particular note are Leviathan, an unseen Titan which emerges from the [[StockNessMonster Loch Ness]], the Mokele-Mbembe (described in the novelization as having a mammoth-like trunk, glowing horn, and very large tail), and elephant-like Behemoth (which may or may not be the actual Behemoth). In the tie-in comic prequel ''Godzilla: Aftershock'', the dead member of Godzilla's species in the previous film was known as Dagon by ancient Phoenicians ([[SadlyMythtaken although the interpretation of Dagon as a sea god is questioned nowadays]]). It's also hinted in the novelization that [[spoiler:the Hollow Earth]] influenced the lore of the ''Popul Vuh'' and Olympus in Greek myth. Chen says this almost word-for-word after seeing the [[spoiler:ancient, underwater reliefs depicting Godzilla, Ghidorah, and other kaiju]].
153* ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy'' establishes that the Egyptian gods existed and they cursed a priest by turning him into an [[MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil mummy with immortality and unholy powers]] and an Akkadian warlord into a [[ScorpionPeople scorpion-like humanoid monstrosity]]. ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'' introduced yetis, Chinese sorcerers as well as a completely different type of mummy with the Chinese emperor UsefulNotes/QinShiHuangdi being able to manipulate the elements and transform into monsters. And if we count ''Film/TheScorpionKing'' series (which is a spin-off from the second movie), we can include Summerian mythology with the existence of an underworld guarded by the goddess Astarte, who has empowered her own champions to enforce her will and can be summoned using the Book of the Dead.
154* Invoked in ''Film/OhGod'' by God himself:
155-->'''Jerry (reading from a list of questions):''' "'Is Jesus Christ the son of God?'"
156-->'''God:''' "Jesus was my son. Buddha was my son. Mohammed, Moses, you, the man who said there was no room at the inn, was my son."
157* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', which features zombies, Aztec and Greek (Calypso) gods, plus Davy Jones, the Kraken, the Fountain of Youth and working voodoo (done by Calypso).
158* In the ''Series/SesameStreet'' TV movie ''Film/BigBirdInJapan'', Big Bird sees a [[SchoolPlay school's production]] of''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter''. Later, he learns that the girl who he's been traveling with is [[spoiler: the legendary Bamboo Princess]]. This turns out to be a bad thing, however, as [[spoiler: she doesn't want to go back to the moon, where her memories-and those of all she met on earth, including her new friend Big Bird-will be erased]].
159* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'': PlayedForLaughs as Winston's job interview with the Ghostbusters involves Janine asking whether he believes in a LongList of legends and myths, including the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis, with Winston answering "[[PunchClockHero If there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say]].". PlayedForDrama later when Ray and Winston have a discussion about the potential end of the world.
160-->'''Ray:''' Every ancient religion has its own myth about the end of the world.
161-->'''Winston:''' Myth? Ray, has it ever occurred to you that maybe the reason we've been so busy lately is 'cause the dead '''''have''''' been rising from the grave?
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165* The Alteriens of ''Literature/{{Alterien}}'' are actually the reason humans created the legend of elves and fairies.
166* In ''Literature/AmericanGods'', all of the Old Gods of the various people that came to America exist, even if people no longer believe in them. [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly Many of them are rather bitter about this]].
167* In ''Literature/AstralDawn'', Caspian learns the old myths and legends were inspired from beyond the mortal plane by the actual beings those myths and legends were based on.
168* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' gives us the {{Urban Legend|s}} of the Rail Tracer: a monster that slowly snatches up and devours the passengers of the train [[SpeakOfTheDevil on which its tale is told on]]. Then a [[GambitPileup 3-way war]] breaks out over [[TrainJob train-hijacking rights]] and... ''something'' decides to start picking off instigators and leaving their twisted and mutilated corpses. [[spoiler:Turns out that the Rail Tracer is the [[BadassNormal entirely human]] and [[RedHerringShirt supposedly dead]] train conductor that first told the story, and doesn't particularly like people messing up his train. Did we mention that he's also a not-entirely-sane assassin that likes a good RoaringRampageOfRevenge?]]
169* ''The Bifrost Guardians'' by Mickey Zucker Reichert is another all myths are true, with the melding of technology to Norse myths to Christianity.
170* Stephen Marley's ''Literature/ChiaBlackDragon'' trilogy ''Sorceress'', ''Spirit Mirror'', and ''Mortal Mask'' take place in 2nd century China, but there also appear Indian Buddhists, ancient Egyptians (in the back story) and a few Christians. It is suggested that the mythologies and afterlives of all four religions (Chinese, Buddhist, Egyptian and Christian) all exist. In addition to Stephen Marley's own original myths and creatures, of course.
171* In the universe of Creator/ChristopherMoore's books the First Nation [[GreatGazoo Trickster God]] Coyote is the younger brother of the Egyptian deity Anubis, Jesus plays poker with an upstart CargoCult deity and there are vampires, djinn and angels, among other things.
172* Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' has a number of gods that would, in Howard's [[TheVerse world]] become the basis of more modern deities. Crom, Lir, Babd, Macha, and Nemain are all Celtic, the Hyborian Mitra becomes [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithra Mithra]], who's also something of a CrystalDragonJesus, the Shemite Ishtar becomes the Babylonian [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar Ishtar]], the Turanian/Hyrkanian Erlik becomes the Mongolian [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlik Erlik]] and the Stygian Set seems to be the basis for both the Egyptian [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(deity) Set]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apep Apep]]. There are also a few purely fictional ones he borrowed from writer friends, including some LovecraftLite.
173* The events of ''Literature/TheDaevabadTrilogy'' kick off when Nahri, a conwoman in 18th-century Cairo, holds what she is absolutely sure is a sham zar to exorcise a young girl with an unspecified mental ailment, fully confident that she is taking advantage of the old beliefs in djinn and ifrit to fleece the girl's family. Nahri is taken completely aback when an ''actual'' djinn shows up and proceeds to turn her entire life upside-down because djinn, magic, and many other mythical beings (including a few Ancient Egyptian gods) are absolutely real.
174* ''Literature/TheDalemarkQuartet'' by Creator/DianaWynneJones features its own in-universe pantheon and myths, all of which are far more real than people believe (and far more factual than recorded history).
175* ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising'' combines Myth/CelticMythology and Myth/ArthurianLegend with touches of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek]] and Myth/EgyptianMythology.
176* Ancestral memories of the Homo lycanthropus species in ''Literature/DarkerThanYouThink'' by Creator/JackWilliamson are the basis for all legends of sorcerers, werewolves, other shapeshifters, vampires, malevolent gods, etc.
177* To the utter lack of surprise of many, ''Literature/DigitalDevilStory'', the original source material for the famous ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' video game series, features such specimens as Kerberos, Loki, [[spoiler:Izanami]] and [[spoiler:Set]].
178* Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series plays with this, like everything else.
179** The universe is itself shaped by belief -- if enough people believe something is true, it becomes true. ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'' explores the extremes of this idea with such characters as the Verruca Gnome and Bilius, the Oh God of Hangovers.
180** In [[PunnyName Djelibeybi]], as seen in ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'', the FantasyCounterpartCulture of Egypt, all myths are true concerning their gods, which have been evolving and developing for seven thousand years. The priests are said to "never throw away a god in case they turn out to be useful" and to be able to "give headroom to a collection of ideas that would have made a theoretical physicist give in and hand in his badge" (paraphrased).
181** ''Literature/TheLastContinent'' provides the trope name: there's a legend about a man who carries the universe in his sack, but then mentions there's a debate about whether the man should be in the bag or not.
182* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' loves this trope. Legendary creatures from the folklore of every part of the world exist, deities from all pantheons are real (though some aren't active anymore), functional magic is an everyday reality, etc. It is heavily implied that these things are not real because they are myths, but myths because they are real -- people who had experiences with non-mortals told stories about them that the mortal world consumed. For example, [[Creator/BramStoker Bram Stoker]]'s ''{{Literature/Dracula}}'' was commissioned by the White Court vampires to educate people about the weaknesses of Black Court vampires, who were prevalent at the time (and it worked -- Black Court vampires are very rare in the series). Also, Mab has an autographed, personalized original copy of ''[[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimms' Fairy Tales]]''. This relevant because a modified version of GodsNeedPrayerBadly applies. In order to exist on Earth, mythical beings need people to know about them and are unable to manifest at all if they're totally forgotten. The belief of humans can also shape these beings, as SantaClaus is an aspect of [[spoiler:Odin]] that he gained relatively recently, as the myth has gained prevalence in the mortal world.
183* ''Literature/DrGretaHelsing'': Legendary creatures from ghouls to demons live behind a {{Masquerade}} on Earth, and figures from multiple pantheons make appearances. Referenced when it's mentioned that an Egyptian {{Mummy}} can't safely visit {{Hell}} because, as an entity that's mostly MadeOfMagic from a different belief system, it would be metaphysically allergic to the place.
184* In the ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' novels, the Bene Gesserit have a whole system of false myths called the Missionaria Protectiva. They purposely spread made-up prophecies that any member of their order can fulfill if needed. Thus, a member stranded on an otherwise hostile world can appear to be The Woman From the Prophecy.
185* Literature/TheEgg by Creator/AndyWeir discusses this trope. Upon learning that "you" are going to be reincarnated, the protagonist posits this must mean Hinduism had it right. God just says that all religions are right in their own way. Echoes of imagery and teaching is scattered throughout the story, such as God identifying the protagonist as "my child", an Abrahamic idea, or the Buddhist teachings of sunyata or anatman, in which there is no true separation between one person and another.
186* In Creator/KAApplegate's ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'' series, the {{Top God}}s from various world mythologies got together and created the titular Everworld, moving there along with a random collection of their followers. We meet gods from Myth/NorseMythology, Myth/AztecMythology, Myth/CelticMythology, Myth/EgyptianMythology, the Yoruba religion and Myth/ClassicalMythology -- ''both'' kinds, since the Greeks and Romans both exist [[OtherMeAnnoysMe and hate each other]]. Also a few characters from [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Arthurian stories]]. (And some aliens.) We even get a scene where [[EverybodyHatesHades Hel]], Norse goddess of the underworld, mentions that her territory borders those of Hades and [[UsefulNotes/{{Zoroastrianism}} Ahriman]], and that she's already conquered [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Ereshkigal]]'s.
187** [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Galahad]] actively wonders if he's "real," and notes that while he can remember getting the Holy Grail, Percival can as well, alluding to the different versions of the legend.
188* In Anthony C. Gilbert's ''[[http://www.lulu.com/content/553426 Farther Up and Farther In]]'' all myths are true about life after death. Except, apparently, the belief that there isn't any, because the narrator is an atheist but gets sent to Hell, the Christian afterlife being the default for Westerners without other positive beliefs. Escaping from Hell (!) leads to a CrossoverCosmology where he meets Freja, Pan, Monkey and others: the final message (logically, given the opening premise) is that [[spoiler: All Gods Are One and we are One with them]].
189* In Matthew Laurence's ''Literature/{{Freya}}'' series, this is completely true for gods, and ''only'' gods. The only magical creatures and items in the world are those associated with or created by these deities, so unless a god decides to make a vampire, there won't be any.
190* In ''Literature/GodComplex'', from the first chapters alone, it's clear that figures like Jesus, Hera and Freya all exist in the same world. With the premise that sets up THE God as being dead and other pantheons vying for his position, it becomes clear that we'll see many gods from here on out.
191* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'':
192** Generally anything considered a silly myth in-series will turn out to exist like the PhilosophersStone, [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber Of Secrets]] and [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]], the latter of which being the subject of a wizard fairytale.
193** Zig-zagged with Luna Lovegood, who's treated like an idiot for believing in unproven creatures in [[FlatEarthAtheist a world where countless magical creatures exist]]. WordOfGod said she ended up proving the existence of some of these creatures when she grew up.
194* The ''Literature/HaroldShea'' series of short stories features a multiverse much like that of ''The Number of The Beast''.
195* Creator/RobertAHeinlein's later novels, beginning with the novel ''Literature/TheNumberOfTheBeast'' (though he used the concept almost 40 years earlier in his short story ''Elsewhen''), deal with the World As Myth, and expand it to the ''[[TheMultiverse multiverse]]''. In his multiverse, All Stories Are True and Exist, somewhere -- and if you've read the stories, it's possible to visit the universe in which the story takes place. He shows this by having his four protagonists visit several universes, albeit unknowing. A side effect of this is that ''all'' worlds are part of a story, somewhere... and that anyone who writes a story has become the literal God of the universe the story creates.
196* In ''Literature/HellsKitchenSink'' a lot of myths and legends are either true or somewhat true. This is because the collective human minds keep forming and nourishing them. Because of the {{masquerade}} not many people know of this.
197* In ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'', many divining methods are actually just "talking to Dust", the sentient matter forming most of the universe.
198* ''Literature/TheHouseOfShatteredWings'': Fallen angels, Vietnamese deities, and ancient Greek Furies all appear, and it's mentioned that many other mythical beings exist.
199* In ''Literature/IKnockedUpSatansDaughter'', the afterlife is described as being as diverse as Earth.
200** Heaven is described as being like a first-world country that [[HellOfAHeaven treats its human slaves nicer than most, but with little hope of earning their freedom]].
201** Hell is described as being like a former prison-colony for Heaven, now populated by the descendents of their population. They use human slaves (even retrieving more through succubi), and are even famous for treating them poorly, but they are sometimes set free by their masters.
202** Valhalla would use its human slaves for gladiator-based entertainment before they decided not to use slaves anymore.
203* The basis of Creator/RobertAntonWilson's ''Literature/{{Illuminatus}} Trilogy'' is that all conspiracy theories are true, especially the ones that contradict each other.
204* In the ''Literature/ImmortalsAfterDark'' series by Kresley Cole, this is explicitly stated to be the case. One character says that every myth is an example of when some being in the Lore screwed up and let humans catch them existing.
205* ''Literature/InCryptid'': Played straight, played with and subverted on several occasions.
206** [[SnakePeople Lamia]] are not actually snake gods who can bestow power on people who sacrifice humans to them. [[spoiler:The residual magic they carry from passing through dimensions ''can'' be harvested though, and Naga provides Alice with {{Power Tattoo}}s.]]
207** Although she's a succubus, Elsie is a lesbian.
208** The Seal of Solomon binds demons and certain dead things but succubi and incubi are not actually demons. The [=D&D=] manuals get it wrong, possibly due to cryptids in their editing and publishing departments.
209** [[Literature/TheOdyssey Odysseus]] was real, but Ithaca is actually AnotherDimension (and he may not have been human).
210** There are hellish dimensions, but no indication that they're where souls go after death (the ones who don't become ghosts, that is). There's no sign of a "heaven" dimension either.
211* Children's author Creator/RobinJarvis loves this trope. The ending of the ''Wyrd Museum'' series features [[spoiler:the deaths of the Nornir by the Spear of Antioch, as well as the ice giants being finally defeated by the Eye of Balor on a spinning weathercock]].
212* While the FantasyKitchenSink of ''Literature/KittyNorville'' makes this trope fairly self-evident, a particularly effective and even insightful example occurs in book two when Ahmed explains that [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Daniel of the lion's den was really a werelion]] and Enkidu of ''Gilgamesh'' was a werecreature as well.
213-->''This was thousands of years ago, remember. Humankind and animalkind were closer then -- our years in the Garden together were not so long ago. And our kind, the lycanthropes, were the bridge between the two...It saddens me that the tribes in this country do not tell the old tales to one another. If we gathered to tell stories and drink more, there would not be so much fighting, yes?''
214* In ''Literature/KrampusTheYuleLord'', Krampus and Santa Claus are deities from Norse Mythology (apparently). However, angels and the monotheistic god also exist.
215* Many fairy tales (if not all) are real tales from ''Literature/TheLandOfStories''.
216* In Creator/DouglasAdams' ''Literature/TheLongDarkTeaTimeOfTheSoul,'' all the Norse gods and legends are true. Also involves a subversion of GodsNeedPrayerBadly, as Thor comments at one point that humanity created the gods, but just because we no longer need them doesn't mean they go away. I Ching also has a truth, as do other "impossibilities".
217* In Creator/OrsonScottCard's ''Literature/TheLostGate'' the Westillian Families are the basis of all Indo-European pantheons. It is inferred that other cultures' deities, including the Abrahamic one, have similar origins.
218* In ''Literature/{{Masques}}'' shapeshifters exist, but they can turn into many things, wolves being only one. And silver is not an effective weapon against them, iron is much more of a problem. It is played straight in-universe, as more or less all myths, stories and old tales that are mentioned prove to be true in some way or the other. And then there are [[spoiler: dragons]]. Undead are so commonplace the protagonist believes in them from the beginning.
219* In [[Literature/{{Reckless}} The Mirrorworld Series]] All {{Fairy Tale}}s Are True. Even [[DarkerAndEdgier Sleeping Beauty]] shows up!
220* Lampshaded explicitly several times in both ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' and ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices''. Although vampires, werewolves, faeries, and warlocks exist they are all descendants of either angels or demons, and since no pagan gods appear, it's more like Christianity is True.
221* True conceptually in ''Literature/NoNeedForACore'', as the author has pulled liberally from many myths and stories including several gods from different religions. They way in which they are used may vary greatly from the original source materials.
222* True in John Barnes's ''Literature/OneForTheMorningGlory''. It's {{lampshade|Hanging}}d as one of the distinguishing marks of the kingdom, to distinguish it from lands that are merely actual.
223* In Erika Griffin's novel ''[[http://www.amazon.com/One-Who-Waited-Erika-Griffin/dp/1411627164 The One Who Waited]]'', Alice ponders this during the course of the story, as she comes to realize that there are such things as Boogeymen and wonders if other monsters might exist as well.
224* Arguably one of the most influential pioneers of this trope, the ''Literature/PercyJackson'' series by ''Creator/RickRiordan'' utilizes this trope as the main foundation of his extended universe. Stretching across the Percy Jackson books and all of their spinoffs, such pantheons and mythologies like the Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Norse are all real, and all of their deities exist within one world. It is even implied that the Abrahamic God and Jesus exist and interact with these other pantheons.
225* This is the premise of the novel ''Out of Their Minds'' by Creator/CliffordSimak.
226* In ''Literature/PrinceCaspian'' from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': Caspian was always taught that the "old Narnians" were myths and fairy tales, then he learns that they are in fact real. The appearance of the Pevensies and Aslan also turns out to be this for many old Narnians.
227* From ''Literature/PrincipiaDiscordia'':
228-->'''Greater Poop''': Is Eris true?
229-->'''Malaclypse the Younger''': Everything is true.
230-->'''GP''': Even false things?
231-->'''M2''': Even false things are true.
232-->'''GP''': How can that be?
233-->'''M2''': I don't know man, I didn't do it.
234* In ''Rainbow Mars'' by Creator/LarryNiven, all of the Martian legends are true, from H. G. Wells to Edgar Rice Burroughs.
235* Creator/SMStirling's works:
236** ''Literature/{{Emberverse}}'': While not exactly working together the Christian, Celtic and Norse pantheons are all backing the [[CaptainErsatz Arthurtype hero]] in various ways against the ReligionOfEvil for {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.
237** In the ''[[Literature/TheShadowspawn Shadowspawn]]'' series, the title beings are the basis for just about every legend of magic or monsters (especially vampires and werecreatures) there is.
238* In ''Literature/TheSecretsOfTheImmortalNicholasFlamel'', all deities in religions and myths are either part of the Elder Race, or are their children born after the fall of their homeland Danu Talis (which is actually Atlantis).
239* ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries'': In addition to vampires, there are [[spoiler: Maeneds, shifters, Weres (not just wolves), fairies, demons, witches, goblins, and even vampire Elvis]].
240* Lizzie visits several worlds in Literature/SpiderCircus and encounters werewolves, vampires, selkies and more. It seems that people who can travel to other worlds are responsible for the spreading of these myths.
241* ''Literature/TheSpiralSeries'' doesn't restrict itself to historical myths. Everything that has, can or even '''will''' be imagined can be present at some point within the Spiral.
242* In the ''Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms'' by Creator/MercedesLackey, all fairy tales are true, not least because a magical force known as the Tradition actively works to make them come true. Those with a good grasp of fairy tale stock plots can use this to their advantage. However, the myths that come true are usually native to the context of the kingdom, and [[OutsideContextProblem when they aren't]], the savvy characters know someone has actively interfered with the Tradition.
243* The setting of ''[[Literature/{{Somewhither}} A Tale of the Unwithering Realm]]'' is TheMultiverse with numerous AlternateHistory versions of Earth, where critical parts of Biblical history went differently. Pretty much every fictional being from ancient or medieval imagination is real somewhere -- there are worlds inhabited by the [[Myth/NorseMythology Svartalfar]], [[Myth/HinduMythology Nagas]], or the creatures from medieval travellers' tall tales (headless humans with faces on their chest, men with a single giant foot, etc.)
244* ''Literature/{{Technomancer}}'' by MK Gibson: In addition to God, the Devil, angels, and demons, we also have the Norse pantheon, The Fair Folk, and Cthulhu Mythos playing roles in the story.
245* In Creator/JasperFforde's ''Literature/ThursdayNext'' and ''Literature/NurseryCrime'' series all fictional characters are real(ish) and exist in a parallel universe called the Well of Stories. Fictional characters do have a few traits that differentiate them from "real" people (it's complicated), but in the Bookworld all stories are true.
246* ''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'': Without exception, every legend that the Tour comes across will be both factually accurate, very descriptive, and relevant to the events of the story.
247* ''Literature/TrailOfLightning'': After the Big Water flooded the world, the Dinétah nation began encountering all the monsters and legendary figures from Navajo oral history.
248* In Brandon Sanderson's ''[[Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy The Well of Ascension]]'', the TwistEnding is that [[spoiler:the prophecies have been deliberately altered by a powerful being in order to manipulate humanity/the heroes into freeing it]].
249* ''Literature/{{Underworlds}}'': All the ancient mythologies are real here, though in different realms, with passages allowing access between them.
250* Creator/JohnCWright specializes in this: both his ''Literature/WarOfTheDreaming'' and ''[[Literature/ChroniclesOfChaos Orphans of Chaos]]'' series have appearances by every figure in ancient [[Myth/NorseMythology lore]] and [[Myth/ClassicalMythology myth]].
251* ''Literature/YoungWizards'' plays with this trope, in that many myths were inspired by the non-mythical actions of the godlike PowersThatBe. For example, the [[CelestialParagonsAndArchangels extremely powerful]] Winged Defender is the inspiration for (among other things) Thor, Athena, Prometheus and the archangel Michael.
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255* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
256** Averted in the episode "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E13ALateDeliveryFromAvalon A Late Delivery from Avalon]]" -- an arrival on the Babylon 5 station claims to be King Arthur, brought back among humanity after a long hiatus (when he was "taken to Avalon" on a mysterious "ship"). There is actual discussion among the main characters as to whether this could be true, since there was already a known case where the Vorlons did abduct a historical figure ([[spoiler:UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper]]) and used him to do their bidding in other times ("[[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E21ComesTheInquisitor Comes the Inquisitor]]"). But it turns out [[spoiler:he was from the present time, suffering trauma-induced delusion from being the officer who fired the first shot that started the Earth-Minbari War years ago]].
257** Then (perhaps) played straight in ''Babylon 5: The Lost Tales'', where a man possessed by a demon turns up on the station.
258* Subverted as a RunningGag throughout ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}''. Despite living in a world where vampires, werewolves, witches, dragons, demons, and zombies are all real and have been encountered by the main cast at one point or another, everyone agrees completely unanimously that leprechauns aren't real. Unfortunately, Santa is also real, a child-eating demon who comes down chimneys. DoubleSubversion as of the ''Season 10'' comics; as it turns out, leprechauns ''do'' exist.
259* ''Series/Charmed1998'':
260** Angels? Check. Vampires? Check. Titans? Check. Leprechauns? Check. Demons? Check. Genies? Check. Human representations of the animals in the Chinese calendar? Sure, why the hell not?
261** An interesting case occurs with PandorasBox. In the season 3 episode "Sin Francisco", Leo claims a box holding the seven deadly sins inspired the legend of Pandora's Box, implying it didn't exist. The Season 7 episode "Little Box of Horrors" would have the Charmed Ones deal with the actual Pandora's Box.
262* You got a little bit of everything in ''Series/TheChronicle''. The show picks up on the plot line in ''Film/MenInBlack'' that everything written in tabloids is true and runs with it. The very first episode has an ugly-looking creature that kills dogs. The creature turns out to be a priest from a peaceful alien culture who only kills small animals for sustenance. It also introduces a half-man/half-pig who works in the ''Chronicle'' archives. One of the main characters is a multiple-abductee. Another episode features a technopathic ghost.
263* ''Series/DoctorWho:'' After decades of episodes, it's almost hard to think of a myth that ''hasn't'' turned out to have a factual basis -- with the caveat that it always (well, almost always) turns out to be AlienFairFolk or something similar. Examples include [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E2Snakedance the Mara]], ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E11TheGodComplex more th]][[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E5TheHornsOfNimon an one]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E5TheTimeMonster Minotaur]], and several of the ''aliens''' fairy-tales and legends.
264* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' started off seeming like a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/TheXFiles'', focusing on a unit of the FBI investigating seemingly paranormal phenomena and switching between MonsterOfTheWeek episodes and MythArc episodes. However, it's gradually revealed that ''everything'' paranormal is part of one pattern that began when [[spoiler: Walter crossed into an alternate universe to save that universe's version of his son]]. In other words, what seems paranormal is only pseudoscientific. Also, in one episode, Walter makes it clear that while he believes in many things, he draws the line at ghosts.
265* ''Series/{{Legacies}}'' takes this approach. While the parent shows ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' and ''Series/TheOriginals'' only had vampires, werewolves, witches, and ghosts, this show introduces many other mythical creatures, such as dragons, gargoyles, dryads, zombies, necromancers. The characters themselves point out that they are woefully unprepared to deal with things they didn't even know were real. The explanation seems to be that [[spoiler:a golem called Malivore trapped most supernatural creatures in a magical prison, while simultaneously wiping out all memories and any non-fictionalized records of them from the world. And yes, the list of creatures also includes Santa]].
266* ''Series/TheLibrarians2014'' has its heroes encounter beings from mythology, fairy tales, literature and urban legend. The Minotaur, dragons, a genie, Dorian Gray, the big bad wolf, Santa Claus, King Arthur's knights, a demon, Frankenstein's monster, The Queen of Hearts, Sherlock's nemesis Moriarty and Shakespeare's Prospero have all boasted screen time. {{Word Of God}} from series creator John Rogers is that all the mythologies we've heard of are correct, but maybe not the exact version we've heard, allowing the writers to draw upon all of those for characters to appear in the show.
267* In ''Series/LostGirl'', all mythological creatures (including phoenixes and unicorns) are real and are really [[TheFairFolk Fae]]. [[BadassNormal Kenzi]] takes it all in stride, then becomes absolutely terrified when she realizes this means Literature/BabaYaga is real. Later, nobody can find any references to the Garuda, because the race actually predates the Fae and no myths or legends of them were written or told. Which is odd, because Garuda IS a real figure in Hindu Mythology and enemy of the Naga, just as in the show.
268* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S1E11UnderTheBed Under the Bed]]", the child psychiatrist Dr. Jon Holland figures out that various myths about child snatching monsters such as trolls, the boogeyman and Baba Yaga were inspired by real creatures. Furthermore, their ability to shapeshift inspired the Hindu myth of Rakshasa. This, coupled with the fact that they move around in the cover of darkness, has allowed them to (mostly) hide their existence from humanity. One such creature has been snatching children in Jon's home town Buford, including his brother, since at least the early 1800s, taking one each month on the night of the full moon. No one notices the area's far, far higher than average number of child abductions until Jon and his girlfriend Detective Caitlin Doyle are on the case in [[CaptainErsatz true Mulder and Scully style]]. The creature [[TakenForGranite turns to stone when exposed to direct sunlight]] but there is another lurking under a little girl's bed in Paris.
269* ''Series/Paranormal2020'': Each episode presents a different mystery that seems to have supernatural elements, [[spoiler: and does turn out to actually have supernatural elements]], despite Rifaat's efforts to convince himself otherwise.
270* ''Series/{{Primeval}}'': Or at least some of them. The animals that travel through the anomalies explain gaps in the fossil record, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_taxon Lazarus taxa]], the Loch Ness monster, [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mermaids]], {{chupacabra}}, [[DinosaursAreDragons dragons]], sea serpents and other monsters, thunder birds, [[AncientEgypt Egyptian]] mythical beasts and even [[GripingAboutGremlins gremlins]] and {{haunted house}}s.
271* The final ''Franchise/{{Quatermass}}'' serial has stone circles (which do nothing; the stones only mark the places where people congregated in the past) around the world becoming activated; people congregate there (an activated race memory), expecting to be: contacted by aliens, 'raptured' into heaven, 'go to the planet', etc. Instead, they are 'harvested' by an interstellar energy beam that reduces them to dust, with a tiny fraction lost to the beam. It is further suggested that all religions, and by extension, all of human politics, wars and history, have been the result of this race memory: to congregate and be harvested.
272* ''Series/ResidentAlien'': Harry confirms to Asta at the UFO conference all the reported aliens do exist (his people didn't get seen before apparently).
273* Stated verbatim by Jace in ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}''. The series indeed has vampires, warlocks, werewolves, and countless demons.
274* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', everything but {{Bigfoot|SasquatchAndYeti}}, and possibly unicorns, has been confirmed to exist in some shape or form. Makes you feel sorry for the poor bastards who exist in that reality, given how practically every monster, folklore, wives tale, myth and legend either hates humanity or loves to eat humanity. Angels, demons, [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]], gods (including the [[{{God}} big cheese Himself]]), ghosts, witches, fairies, [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier ghouls]], [[OurGeniesAreDifferent djinn]], {{shapeshift|ing}}ers, {{hellhound}}s, [[OurBansheesAreLouder banshees]], {{golem}}s, and {{wendigo}}s, among others, have all had screentime at one point. "[[Recap/SupernaturalS01E02Wendigo Wendigo]]", one of the first episodes, highlights how monster hunters are aware of this trope. The main characters interview a witness to a monster attack who swears it was a demon, even though he fears they'll think him crazy. When they leave him, they discuss matter-of-factly how it couldn't be a demon because a demon wouldn't have needed to open the door; when they find out it's a wendigo later, their first reaction is "But you don't get wendigos in this part of the country."
275* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'':
276** In "Ye Gods", Todd Ettinger discovers that Cupid, Megaera, Bacchus, Jupiter, and all of the other gods and demigods of Myth/ClassicalMythology really exist.
277** In "Tooth and Consequences", Dr. Myron Mandel learns that the ToothFairy really exists when he appears in his office and grants his wish to be respected and loved by his patients.
278** In "The Leprechaun-Artist", three teenage boys named Buddy, Richie and J.P. discover that {{Leprechaun}}s are real when they capture one named Shawn [=McGool=] and he is forced to grant them ThreeWishes.
279** In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Tom learns that Myth/{{Merlin}} and the rest of the figures from Myth/ArthurianLegend really existed when he is hired by Morgan le Fay to bring Lancelot to her.
280* It's almost a guarantee in the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' that whenever a myth or legend plays a role in an episode, it is 100% real and involves a {{kaiju}} that will be battled by the series' title Ultra. And about half of the time, the Ultramen themselves are connected to or inspired the myth.
281* ''Series/Warehouse13'' features a team of government agents working at a secret government warehouse containing an endless array of magically enchanted objects known as "Artifacts" which usually cause all manner of fantastical things to occur when their effects are activated. In many cases, the myths aren't exactly true as much as they are slightly fictionalized accounts of the effects from the latest recovered Artifact that the Warehouse agents can conveniently pass off to the public as fairy tales and the like to protect the {{Masquerade}}.
282* ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' seems to be something of a kitchen sink fantasy series. Always PlayedForLaughs.
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286* Steampunk-themed band ''Music/AbneyPark'' explores this in many of their songs, most notably in the aptly named "All the Myths are True".
287* ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'' has made liberal use of this, though most of the myths have been distorted through the ages, and the rest have other things keeping them from being perfectly straight examples:
288** In the first few years of the franchise, each time a new threat appeared, the Turaga elders had a legend ready to explain their presence. Eventually, the Toa got [[RageAgainstTheMentor rather annoyed]] with being kept out of the loop until the last minute, finally getting the Turaga to explain just where they got all their information:
289** The original backstory said that the Great Spirit brought the Matoran out of darkness to the island of Mata Nui. We later find out that it was actually the Turaga who rescued them (as Toa Metru) from their ruined city of Metru Nui, they just credited the Spirit with giving them the strength and abilities to do so. (They also treated Metru Nui's existence as a [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold Greatest Story Never Told]] to keep the Matoran from remembering and getting homesick.)
290** One story said that poor workers were sent to the dreaded realm of Karzahni to be punished. In truth, poor workers were sent to Karzahni to be ''fixed''; it's just that Karzahni was a really crappy healer and he never let anyone leave.
291** One legend that ''isn't'' real is that of the monster Irnakk -- that is, it ''wasn't'' real, until the Piraka entered an area that brought worst fears to life... (Thankfully, Irnakk only existed briefly before vanishing.)
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295* If a creature appeared anywhere in mythology, chances are it can be found within ''Podcast/ResidentsOfProserpinaPark''. To give just one example, the finale of season two has Terry, a child of the Greek god Hades, leading the heroes on a quest to find a vetala, a ghoul-like creature from Hindu Mythology, and the heroes also have their faithful lion dogs, creatures from Chinese Mythology, at their beck and call.
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299* ''Solomon Academy'' has this as the premise -- every mythology is true, and the characters are the children/descendants of mythical beings. It pulls from the expected mythos like [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greco-Roman]], [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian]], and [[Myth/NorseMythology Norse]], but also less standard ones like [[Myth/CelticMythology Celtic]] and [[Myth/AztecMythology Aztec]].
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303* The ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' setting of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has a version of this: in contrast to most settings in which Clerics derive their powers from one of a set of specific gods chosen by the DM and which definitely and demonstrably exist, in Eberron, anything a cleric believes in sufficiently works. Clerics can be devoted to abstract concepts (like "Justice") instead of specific gods, and there's at least one religion in which the followers ''know'' their god doesn't exist (yet) because they're in the process of ''building him''.
304* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has very few myths that aren't at least partially rooted in truth. It makes sense when you consider this is a setting where some races live centuries and sufficiently powerful spellcasters can directly ask questions of the gods.
305* There are many religions sharing the world of ''TabletopGame/{{Pendragon}}'', often with wildly differing beliefs about history and metaphysics. Each one is described by the books as if it was the objective truth, and each one can back up its claims with [[ReligionIsMagic actual miracles.]]
306* In ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest'', the different races and cultures each have their own religion, with mutually incompatible stories about the creation of the world and the nature of reality. However, in-game, all myths are true, and priests of the rival pantheons are equally powerful.
307* In ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'', the gods of the old polytheistic pantheons are real, and you play one of their children. Second edition tweaks this; ''most'' of the gods are real, but some gods assume different aspects in different cultures. The Greek pantheon are the most notorious in this regard, also being the Etruscan and Roman gods in their other aspects.
308** In ''Scion'' 1e, however, the Abrahamic god is ultimately a facade for one of the [[OurTitansAreDifferent Titans.]]
309* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' has everything from Sasquatch to both Western and Eastern Dragons reappearing after 2012. And pretty much every tradition of magic actually works now and summons different spirits ranging from angels to kami to nature spirits.
310* There is a general ''TabletopGame/WorldOfDarkness'' skill called "Occult" which allows you to attempt to tell whether some myth is true or not. This is exceptionally valuable in ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'' because of the nature of [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve a mage's power]]: if they get it wrong, it may be correct for exactly as long as they're paying attention to it, then revert to the way it actually really is the moment they stop paying attention. This can be even worse than getting it wrong in the first place. Consider trapping a vampire in a corner by leaving a holy symbol in the middle of the room, then going out for coffee... with the vampire no longer trapped the moment your back is turned.
311** Subverted in ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'', where part of being a mage is sorting through which myths are true and which are not. Note that, in this case, "true" probably means "contains a tiny kernel of actual supernatural, historical or cosmic insight which was either implanted or leaked through into the human consciousness", while "not true" probably means "was deliberately fabricated by other mages in order to mislead those who would seek the truth, was deliberately fabricated by other mages in order to manipulate the course of human culture, or was just a myth that people came up with".
312** Fan-made ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'' has a particularly weird variant with the concept of [[EldritchLocation Bardos]]; Mania, the energy used by Genii to fuel their abilities, actually is raw creative and thinking made into energy, and as a result any idea or theory contains a large amount of it. When a theory or belief is proved false, all the Mania is unleashed and ends up creating a pocket dimension where the idea's concept is true. For example, when a satellite made it to Mars and confirmed that yes, the Red Planet ''was'' indeed inhabited, the resulting Mania created in a few minutes a Martian Empire who immediately proceeded to attempt an invasion.
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316* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'':
317** According to this series, the Greco-Roman gods Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, among others, were actually an ancient and highly-advanced species of humanoid beings who evolved on Earth and created humans in their own image. The humans rebelled, led by Adam and Eve, who were human-precursor hybrids. The series plays around with a lot of ancient myths to fit a grand narrative.
318** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'' in particular notes Atlantis as being an Isu (the species name of the precursor race) city, and features three Cyclopes, a Sphinx, Medusa and a Minotaur, revealed as Humans transformed by Isu artifacts.
319* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' borrows seiðr (here rendered as "seithr"), as well as the symbolism of [[{{Gotterdammerung}} Ragnarök]] and Ratatoskr from Norse myth. It also has playable vampires and werewolves. Though the heaviest influence is Shinto, with Murakumo (Nu), Susano'o (Hakumen) and {{Orochi}} (Black Beast) being integral to the GroundhogDayLoop of ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger Calamity Trigger]]'', while Amaterasu (Master Unit) and Kusanagi (Mu) are central to the plot of ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift]]''. And in ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueChronophantasma Chronophantasma]]'', the GreaterScopeVillain is revealed to be [[spoiler:none other than Izanami herself]], while in ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueCentralFiction Central Fiction]]'' [[CardCarryingVillain Yuuki Terumi]] [[spoiler:is actually the physical embodiment of the will of the god [[GodOfEvil Susano'o]] himself, with [[GrandTheftMe his body having been used by Hakumen]] for the past three games before he finally takes it back]].
320* In ''VideoGame/{{Breach}}'', mythological creatures of all kinds were transferred to an [[AlternateUniverse alternate-reality]] Earth for the last 70,000 years to protect humans from utter destruction. That changes when the Veil splitting the Earth we know from the alternate one gets shattered and modern-day humanity learns these myths were anything but -- the hard way.
321* In the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series just about every fictional creature has appeared at some point, mostly as the enemies the player fights.
322* Some of the local legends recounted to the protagonists of ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' turn out to be... slightly skewed.
323* The ''Creepypasta Land'' series is this, but with {{creepypasta}}s. [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]], Literature/JeffTheKiller, WebVideo/BenDrowned, Laughing Jack...
324* In the ''VideoGame/DarkParables'' series of PC games, all fairy tales are true -- and interconnected. Their sister series ''VideoGame/{{Cursery}}'' says that all nursery rhymes are true and created by Mother Goose herself.
325* In ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', all ''conspiracies'' are true. If someone brings up a conspiracy at any point in the game, no matter how outlandish it is, you can bet it'll show up in game at some point.
326* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'': The legend of Sparda became an InUniverse tale. As Lady narrates it in the prologue, she originally thought that it was just a story told by her father, then she realized that the legend is actually true when she personally met the two sons of Sparda.
327* The ''Franchise/DragonAge'' franchise plays with this.
328** First, we're presented with a hodgepodge of different systems of beliefs from cultures current and gone, and at times, contradictory, yet every group vehemently insists that all ''their'' beliefs are true. (So, pretty much like the real world, then...) It's difficult to reconcile the elven gods, the Maker, the Old Gods of Tevinter, and dwarven beliefs in the Stone as being part of the same cosmology. As the franchise develops, however, we gradually learn that while most of the myths (such as the Tevinter magisters' foray into the Black City, the elves' loss of their gods and immortality, or the dismantlement of the first Inquisition) have some basis in fact, the truth was quite different, distorted over centuries of misinterpretation -- as verified by people who really were there at that time...
329** There are also fewer direct contradictions than you'd think. For instance, the dwarves and elves don't have universal creation myths of any kind, only ones about how specific things were created. Absolutely nobody questions whether the Old Gods exist, only if they count as gods. The Chantry story of the mages who blackened the Golden City and unleashed the Blight is doubted by many (Anders, for example, thinks it was made up to justify anti-Mage policies), but the blackening of the city is a historical fact confirmed by mages in other cultures and the first Blight did start shortly afterwards. The really big revelation ([[spoiler:that the spirit world known as the Fade and the mortal world were only separated shortly before the beginning of recorded history and long after the first civilizations had been established by elves dwarves and humans]]) was something they ''all'' got wrong.
330** The ''Legacy'' DLC for ''II'' confirms the Golden City story, as Corypheus was one of the mages who did it, he was a Tevinter Magister, and he did get turned into a Darkspawn. He, however, claims that the city was ''always'' black, but ''Inquisition'' brings up the possibility that he misremembered.
331** ''Inquisition'' brings Elven mythology into focus, but even as the player learns that the Dalish were right about a lot of things (for example, the player has ''met'' a few of their gods), it's also emphasized that the Dalish are still a remnant of the old Elven empire, had most of their records destroyed over the centuries, and are generally working off incomplete information. So their myths are true, but somewhat misleading as a lot of context is missing.[[spoiler: For one thing, the pantheon they revere were ''evil''; they were slaveholding nobility who murdered Mythal (the goddess of justice and motherhood), who was the only reasonable one among them. The Loki equivalent, Fen'Harel, was actually the leader of a slave rebellion and sealed them away with the Veil to protect the world ''from'' them. Also, his name isn't even Fen'Harel; it's [[GodWasMyCoPilot Solas]], and Fen'Harel was an AppropriatedAppelation.]]
332* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
333** In the series' lore, this is the implication of the many differing religious beliefs and creation myths. While there are many shared elements, there are numerous contradictions as well. Despite this, they all seem to have elements of truth regardless of the contradictions. At the very least, it is implied that all myths are at least MetaphoricallyTrue.
334** Not helping this is the concept of "Dragon breaks", where certain types of events can cause consistent linear time to temporarily get put on hold, allowing multiple contradictory timelines to occur simultaneously (one good example being the ending of ''Daggerfall'', where the player character essentially chose to side with every faction at once despite having only one MacGuffin to give out). There heave been a few in recorded history, but when you're talking creation myths, some of the events detailed essentially happened before Akatosh had even ''invented'' consistent linear time, so really all bets are off.
335** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' plays with this trope a good deal. A major historical event has [[RashomonStyle multiple different recountings]], but it's unclear if a Dragon Break was involved (since most accounts agree that somebody messed with the [[CosmicKeystone Heart of Lorkhan]]) or if it was just mundane historical revisionism, since all parties involved either died at the scene or were [[UnreliableNarrator highly biased]]. The possibility is also brought up that you are ''not'' the Chosen One and that there is no such thing, but the ultimate conclusion is that it doesn't really matter, since ''somebody'''s gotta deal with Dagoth Ur before he turns everyone in Morrowind into Corpus zombies and you're fulfilling all the requirements. The possibility is also brought up that the prophecy wasn't so much a prediction as a how-to guide; the Neverarine is the person who passes the prophecy's challenges, so if you do so, then you must be the Neverarine.
336** Played with humorously in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'' where Sheogorath asks you (or you [[AGodIsYou ask yourself]] if you've [[spoiler:become Sheogorath]]) to fulfill a prophecy a small village has about the end of the world that includes attacks by rats and ''FLAMING DOGS DROPPING FROM THE SKY''. The prophecy is used as little more than a prank.
337* The goal of ''VideoGame/ErasOfAlchemy'' is to help an alchemically powered A.I. recreate life on Earth after a meteor strike wipes out most life on the surface. Players are given the task to create griffins, pegasi, fairies, dragons, flying unicorns (or "pegacorns"), and phoenixes during the "Mythical Era," after having re-created dinosaurs and extinct ice age megafauna.
338* The UsefulNotes/GameBoy game ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendII'' avoids this. One world your characters explore has a myth that turns out to be true and another myth that turns out to be false. [[spoiler:Also, there are actually 78 "MAGI", not just 77 as mentioned at the beginning of the game.]]
339* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'', the heroes learn that a medallion holds a [[SealedEvilInACan dark god]] who will bring TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt if freed, and it can be freed by MagicMusic or a huge war. The fact that certain people can become mindless berserkers by wielding the relic reinforces this belief. But in the sequel, ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]'', it turns out to be a lie spread by the Dragon Laguz king in vain hopes that it would prevent war between everyone in Tellius. In truth, endless war would actually awaken the goddess Ashera, who will see the wars as a sign that those living in Tellius are failures, and must be purged away to allow for a perfect world.
340* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'':
341** While predominately focused on Greek mythology, creatures from outside the Greek pantheon have appeared. ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarChainsOfOlympus Chains of Olympus]]'' features the appearance of a {{Basilisk|AndCockatrice}} and an [[OurGeniesAreDifferent Efreet]], both from Arabian mythology, and [[VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4 the PS4 game]] shifts the focus to Norse mythology. [[WordOfGod David Jaffe's]] original plan for the series was that after the destruction of the Greek pantheon, Kratos would join forces with his Norse mythology equivalent to destroy the Norse pantheon, and then the two teaming up with their Egyptian mythology equivalent to destroy the Egyptian pantheon. From there, the series would end with the three former gods [[TheThreeWiseMen going to a star in the north and witnessing the birth of Jesus]].
342** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' actually takes this even further: [[spoiler:When Kratos and Atreus explore the hidden vault of the Norse War God, Tyr, they discover that there are ''many'' different realms inhabited by many different mythological pantheons, with artifacts and paintings from [[Myth/AztecMythology Aztec]], [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Shinto]], [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian]], as well as many other pantheons shown throughout the vault.]]
343* In ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', this is PlayedForLaughs in one particular Summon's description. The Gorilla is defined as "A denizen of the dense and mysterious jungle, ''once thought to exist solely in folklore''."
344* ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'': During ''VideoGame/HomeworldDesertsOfKharak'' (which takes place 106 years prior to the original game), the main religious clan opposes any development of spaceflight, saying that it is opposed by Sajuuk (the creator/god of the Kushan people), and that any attempt to achieve spaceflight will result in Sajuuk's wrath destroying Kharak. Unknown to anyone at the time, any attempt to achieve spaceflight (more specifically, hyperspace) WILL result in the destruction of Kharak, and that there is a very real truth behind the myth. A few thousand years earlier, the Higaran Empire lost a war, which resulted in Higara being taken over by the Taiidan, and the remnants of the Higaran civilization exiled to Kharak (where they forgot their history, regressed to the stone age, and developed a new identity as the Kushan). A treaty was signed which spared their lives on the condition that they never attempt to develop hyperspace travel again. Kharak is observed by the Taiidan over the next few millenia, and when the Kushan do develop hyperspace at the beginning of the first game, the Taiidan immediately take action, and the results are [[SetTheWorldOnFire unpleasant]] to say the least. Orbital bombardment would appear to be the wrath of a vengeful god to a primitive people.
345* ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'':
346** Series lore establishes that {{Orochi}} is the offspring of Gaia, the MotherGoddess of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]], with various members of [[ReligionOfEvil the Orochi clan]] and those knowledgeable of the entity's existence referring to it as "Gaia's Will." [[KnightTemplar Orochi]] [[GaiasVengeance is none too happy about how humans have treated the earth]] and seeks to [[KillAllHumans rectify the situation]], only relenting and settling upon HumanityOnTrial after [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu its defeat]] and [[SealedEvilInACan resealing]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters97 KOF '97]]'', while Gaia herself is TheGhost, [[HaveYouSeenMyGod her current whereabouts unknown]]. That the group responsible for dealing with Orochi, the Three Sacred Treasures, consists of three clans wielding [[PublicDomainArtifact the Imperial Regalia of Japan]] suggests [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Amaterasu]] likely exists as well, though her connection to Gaia and Orochi is never specified.
347** Additionally, [[Characters/{{Athena}} Athena Asamiya]] is -- as per her origins in ''VideoGame/PsychoSoldier'' -- the descendant (and implied {{reincarnation}}) of [[VideoGame/{{Athena}} the goddess Athena]], who is presumably descended from the aforementioned Gaia and resides in an Olympus-esque FluffyCloudHeaven known as the Kingdom of Victory... which is outright called Heaven in ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos''. In that game, Goddess Athena works as an agent of a TopGod who resembles [[GrandpaGod the classical depiction of]] the Judeo-Christian {{God}} and is addressed as "Lord" in the English localization.
348* Played with in ''VideoGame/KnyttUnderground''. The goal is to ring the six Bells of Fate to prevent the world from ending. Every time you get to a bell, your two fairies will argue about whether or not ringing them actually does anything. The game ends with you ringing the last bell and [[spoiler:that plot thread left unresolved]].
349* ''VideoGame/MetroLastLight'' does this to a fair degree. While [[Literature/Metro2033 the novel of]] ''VideoGame/Metro2033'' was pretty steeped in ambiguity, ''Last Light'' takes a different route with its storytelling. The nosalis rhino is said to be a legend one level before it's fought and, of course, who could forget: "You may still harbor dreams of looking for some legendary artifacts, like the proverbial Map of Secret Metro, but... I think I'll have to disappoint you.".
350* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'''s Story Mode, Nightwolf can sometimes be heard referring to Raiden as "Haokah", the lightning spirit of the Lakota tribe, giving credence that Raiden has at least appeared to their culture and is likely the god of thunder to anyone else who had one (Zeus, Heracles, Thor, etc.). A nod to this first appeared before, in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon'', which noted that he had a hammer suspiciously similar to Mjolnir, despite being named after the Japanese thunder god.
351* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'':
352** Professor Frankly encounters conflicting theories on the nature of the treasure he's looking for. Eventually one of the theories turns out to be true: the treasure is an [[spoiler:ancient demon. But later it is revealed that the "real" treasure was a Dried Shroom, the weakest healing item in the game]].
353** In the same district of Rogueport that Frankly's house is located in, you can find a quirky storyteller who is glad to spin all sorts of old stories. But that tale about the horrible evil monster and the four heroes who fought it before being themselves sealed away couldn't be true, right? [[spoiler:Of course it is. The monster is a demon sleeping underneath Rogueport ''right now'' and Mario actually encounters each of the heroes in the form of talking cursed treasure chests. [[DarkIsNotEvil They're pretty nice.]]]]
354* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
355** All myths and legends centered around Pokémon that are... well, [[OlympusMons Mythical and Legendary]] are almost always accurate, with almost no one suggesting they're "merely" stronger than average animals. The grass fairy said to travel through time? It can, and it does. The fiery critter said to ensure victory? Yep, that's true. The beings said to have created time, space, emotion and the universe? [[DoingInTheWizard No wizards have been done in here]]. About the ''only'' Legendary Pokémon whose myths are exaggerations or misinterpretations of the truth are Solgaleo and Lunala, who are said to be the emissaries of the sun and the moon, but are really extradimensional aliens that aren't that special in their own world.
356** For a more minor aversion, ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' make reference to a legend in which a Lucario became the first Pokémon to Mega Evolve. But in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'', Rayquaza is said to be the first Pokémon to Mega Evolve. Seeing as these two stories contradict each other, it logically follows that at least one of them is untrue.
357* In the ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' series most enemies are creatures from various mythologies. In Asia you're likely to encounter various {{Yokai}}, in Europe it's mishmash of several local mythologies and random "evil spirits", and in America (in ''[[VideoGame/ShadowHeartsFromTheNewWorld From the New World]]'') it's creatures from Native American beliefs. Slavic pagan pantheon is represented by shadowy figures that Yuri fights in ''[[VideoGame/ShadowHeartsCovenant Covenant]]'', Arabian folklore can be seen in several Fusions, and so on. Most of these creatures, however, are depicted in ways strongly different from the original myths, often incorporating a lot of BodyHorror and other SanityMeter-sapping nastiness.
358* ''VideoGame/ShadowRealms'' has people from Earth being able to travel to a world "where the magic, legends and monsters that inspired our myths are real". People from that world visited Earth long enough to inspire stories, but didn't want to stay, since Earth's low-magic environment isn't very hospitable to them (it's compared to visiting the moon).
359* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''[='s=] CrossoverCosmology means that all of its games have this to some extent, with Thor, Lucifer, YHVH, Shiva, Cerberus, etc. all existing in the same time. However, the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' sub-series might fit this trope the most because it's the most mundane and closest to current Earth in term of setting and mythology. People are aware of the legends and often discuss it if the topic is brought up, but only a select few are aware that those gods are exist and can be summoned. Since this particular verse, especially in ''VideoGame/Persona2'', operates on ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve, if a rumor circulates and people en masse come to believe it, it will without fail become reality. And since mythology exists in the first place as a belief, you do the math. The exact mechanics of it vary depending on the particular work, but the basics are the same.
360** ''VideoGame/{{Persona|1}}'': A demon summoning game turns out to summon real demons! [[spoiler:And there's also a ManInTheMachine situation involved to put the entire world into a LotusEaterMachine where ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve is ''enforced''.]]
361** ''VideoGame/Persona2'': It's even [[SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration integrated into gameplay]]! Rumors will comes true because the AnthropomorphicPersonification of both the good and bad sides of humanity decided to make a bet over humanity's survival, who themselves manifest as semi-mythological figures ([[UsefulNotes/CarlJung Philemon]] and [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]], respectively). A ramen shop turns out to be a secret weapon cache? AncientAstronauts? Hitler's still alive and amassing an army? All can happen and it does happen, depending on how you spread the rumor.
362** ''VideoGame/Persona3'': A local [[TheEndIsNigh apocalypse cult]] that worships a Goddess of Death (who happens to be [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Nyx, the ancient Greek goddess of the night]]) gains power and influence among public, which then empowers said Goddess of Death into granting them said apocalypse. Also, your school nurse's rambling about [[TarotMotifs Tarot Arcanas]] is reflected in your Social Links. Also, "The Answer" reveals that the true personification of mankind's desire for death is [[spoiler:Erebus, the ancient Greek personification of darkness]].
363** ''VideoGame/Persona4'': The Midnight Channel, a television channel that only appears in a rainy midnight hour will foresee your future soulmate. The second part isn't exactly true; the channel only shows a person the audience wants to see. Within the channel, a Shadow of that person will take the form of what the audience wants to see combined with what said person actually is. If that person is rumored to be a man when she's actually insecure and hiding her gender, the Shadow has its appearance twisted and takes form of an OppositeSexClone. Additionally, the being who created the Midnight Channel turns out to be [[spoiler:[[Myth/JapaneseMythology Izanami, the Shinto goddess of creation and death]]]].
364** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' downplays this somewhat, but the being pulling ''everyone's'' strings turns out to be [[spoiler:[[UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}} Yaldabaoth, the Demiurge]]]]. This makes the identity of [[VideoGame/Persona5Strikers the sequel's]] main antagonist rather interesting, considering they're [[spoiler:''also'' the Demiurge -- the Platonic Demiurge to be exact]]. While [[spoiler:[[VirtualSidekick EMMA's]] [[DeityOfHumanOrigin evolved form]]]] does [[EvilPowerVacuum assume]] the same role as [[spoiler:Yaldabaoth]], shares a handful of traits, and possesses somewhat similar goals, [[spoiler:the fact that she and Yaldabaoth are based on different interpretations of the same entity likely means they are not one in the same as far as humanity's Collective Unconscious is concerned, and the Phantom Thieves don't treat EMMA as the second coming of Yaldabaoth]]. For bonus points, [[spoiler:EMMA/the Demiurge]] additionally dubs themselves as "[[Literature/TheBible the Ark of the Covenant]]", just to make things that much more confusing.
365* ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'': There's plenty of choices in the "mythical creatures" department, including ''[[Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu Cthulhu]]''!
366* ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'' is a MOBA where you can have deities and mythical beings from almost every major human civillization and culture in the world's history fight each other. There are also several Arthurian, Voodoo and Lovecraftian characters.
367* Averted in ''[[VideoGame/StarControl Star Control II]]''. [[spoiler:The Black Spathi Squadron]] is fictional and has no effect on the plot, and many religious beliefs and local legends are brought up which are never mentioned or investigated again.
368* ''Franchise/TombRaider'' does this quite a bit.
369** Atlantis was ruled by alien gods and Myth/KingArthur's Excalibur was a supernaturally-powerful weapon. A shard of Excalibur was later used by a Crusader. The rebooted games, from ''Legend'' onwards, establish the idea of the "monomyth", that all the legends and folklore of the world can be traced back to a "[[OneMythToExplainThemAll single remnant of the ancient world]]".
370** ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'' has Lara start out as a skeptic, but over the course of the game, she discovers that the legends of {{Hi|storicalDomainCharacter}}miko, such as her [[WeatherManipulation power over the weather]], aren't just legends.
371--->There are so many mysteries that people dismiss as mere stories.but the line between our myths and truths is fragile and blurry. I need to find answers. I must understand.
372* ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' has a combination of this and MaybeMagicMaybeMundane, where each adventure features an encounter with something that establishes the myths and legends of the cultures around the world are at least based on something otherworldly.
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376* ''Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}'':
377** The Nasuverse is filled with nearly every mythological being you could possibly think of, plus a few more. Vampires, werewolves, two different types of ghosts, demons, unicorns, so many more monsters, gods and of course, the incredibly complicated FunctionalMagic. ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has the Holy Grail War, with the Masters summoning Servants that are based on heroes that actually existed there [[spoiler:except for Fake Assassin]].
378** Some Servants take this even a step farther with their Noble Phantasms. A Noble Phantasm is the embodiment of the Servant's fame as an ability or weapon, i.e. the heroic spirit of King Arthur has Excalibur as a Noble Phantasm. Since these are born from the Servant's fame, they aren't limited to things the Servant actually did/had in life. For example, Vlad the Impaler was not actually a vampire but due to the fame of Dracula he has a Noble Phantasm that grants vampiric powers. Likewise, the Berserker in ''Literature/FateZero'' has several conceptual Noble Phantasms that grant him abilities such as forming illusions and creating [[ImprovisedWeapon improvised weapons]], which he never held in life but are derivatives from various myths about [[spoiler:Sir Lancelot]].
379** It's also possible to summon a Servant who's a fictional character, if the story is famous enough and there's a historical figure who the character was loosely based on who can fill the role. In this case the historical figure will gain the traits and memories of the fictional character that he or she lacked in their actual life. In some cases this will result in a CompositeCharacter of the in-universe historical figures to bring together the most important traits of the myth, as with [[spoiler:Fake Assassin (Sasaki Kojirou)]] in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. So even if a myth ''isn't'' true, the Servant system can ''make it true''. Servants who don't exist in a particular universe can also be summoned from [[AlternateUniverse an alternate one]] where they do exist. [[spoiler:For example, ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' reveals that while Sasaki Kojirou doesn't exist in the ''Fate/stay night'' universe, he '''does''' exist in the AU that the female version of Miyamoto Musashi came from. And somehow, this AU real version is '''identical''' to the fake version who was summoned in ''Fate/stay night''.]] Given the infinite number of universes, there's always going to be at least one where any given myth is true.
380** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' hangs a gigantic lampshade on the idea. When discussing whether he was [[ATrueStoryInMyUniverse a real person]] or a fictional character brought to life, Literature/SherlockHolmes launches into a speech pointing out how a world where all (or most) myths are true, and still ended up becoming our modern world on top of that, makes ''no'' sense whatsoever. He sadly doesn't get much further into that train of thought, after deducing that his unexplained reclassing from Caster to Ruler (the "impartial overseer" class) was the world's way of telling him that trying to unravel the Truth of the world like that is ''extremely'' dangerous.
381* ''VisualNovel/TyrionCuthbertAttorneyOfTheArcane'':
382** There's a legend about the origin of magic in Wyverngarde. Rathallion the Scaled Lord came down from the heavens and imbued four heroes with magic so they could win the war they were losing. These heroes were the first mages, and went on to found the noble houses of Wyverngarde. [[spoiler:Rathallion did exist, and appears in case 5 to fill the role of the judge.]]
383** Harold Haroldson tells Tyrion about legends involving humans making [[DealWithTheDevil pacts with demons]]. [[spoiler:Several people in the game do have a Blood Contract with the Empress of Discord at one point or another, including but not limited to Beatrice, Celeste, Aria, and Tymora.]] Harold also says that some demons can nullify magic, which is why the Sword of Spell Eating has that property. [[spoiler:Indeed, Marrunath the demonic familiar is able to nullify the Eye of Horus.]] Finally, the Armbands of Intellect are said to augment a creature's intelligence beyond a human's. [[spoiler:Which is proven to be true when Eugene the monkey is revealed to be very intelligent when he's wearing them.]]
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387* ''WebAnimation/DarkMatter2525'': Throughout various videos, the canon mostly focuses on Christian theology, with Yahweh as God, Jesus as his son and mankind's savior and the Holy Bible's tenets as God's law. Not-Muhammad (a stand-in for UsefulNotes/TheProphetMuhammad[[note]]Peace Be Upon Him[[/note]]) also exists however, referring to Yahweh as Allah and sharing space in Heaven with Jesus[[note]]Justified, since Jesus is still considered a prophet in Islam[[/note]]. In other circumstances, Allah and the Islamic incarnation of Heaven are separate entities to Yahweh and the Christian Heaven. To take it a step further, deities from other religions like Zeus make appearances, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7jClyinERY Yahweh actually being a student from the same Deity college as the pagan gods]]. God even has his ''own'' god in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODetOE6cbbc one video]].
388* ''WebAnimation/StupidKids'': Both {{discussed|Trope}} and {{implied|Trope}} in ''Utolsó felvonás'' (''Final act''), it is said there are [[TheMultiverse an infinite amount of universes coexisting]], many mythological places such as {{Atlantis}}, the GardenOfEden, and [[Myth/GreekMythology the gods' home in Olympus]] are all real and exist in other universes, and humanity's knowledge of them originate from people throughout history having the opportunity to travel there.
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392* ''Webcomic/AbeKroenen'': Subverted in [[http://abe-kroenen.livejournal.com/59909.html#cutid1 this]] comic. Of course, everyone present takes the fact that Atlantis exists in the first place as unsurprising.
393* ''Webcomic/BasketsOfGuts'': Races existing in the setting are added when they're needed, but author is quite careful about not slipping into FantasyKitchenSink.
394%%* ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' explores the possibility that [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140124072823/http://explosm.net/comics/3442/ All Spam is True]].%%How?
395* ''Webcomic/GiftsOfWanderingIce'': [[http://icegifts.webcomic.ws/comics/201 The legend of the black iceberg]] is a fairy tale little kids love so much that it turns out to be a real story where ancient technology is described as magic.
396* ''Webcomic/{{Hexameron}}'': The legends of the summer camp turn out to all or mostly all be real.
397* ''Webcomic/{{Hexenringe}}'': All legends and myths known in the real world are based on actual events in Xanadan (faerie dimension) and when any legends and myths (or any story, actually) are recorded or represented through creative means, such versions appear in Märagan (Imaginary dimension).
398* ''Webcomic/HolyBibble'' starts from the origin of the universe and begins to unfold the story of all myths, using character types (such as the God of War) to merge multiple gods into one person.
399* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' seems to go with at least all [[OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious cryptid]] stories being true. We've seen dragons, bigfeet, unicorns, and the Loch Ness Monster. Jean has expressed a scientific interest in traveling the world to find more, using Bob's WeirdnessMagnet power to draw them out.
400* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
401** Invoked. There are four pantheons worshiped in different parts of the world, mirroring real-life pantheons. The Northern Gods include Thor, Loki, Odin, Hel, and so on from Norse mythology, the Southern Gods are the 12 animals of the zodiac from Chinese mythology, and the Western Gods are from Mesopotamian/Babylonian mythology: Marduk, Tiamat, etc. There is no mention made of Greek Gods (despite these having been used in edition 3.5 of D&D) until [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0273.html Shojo reveals that they were the lost Eastern pantheon]], having been killed off by [[BigBad the Snarl]]. Despite the existence of these four, seemingly contradictory, pantheons, the afterlife used is a slightly modified version of the standard D&D afterlife, as is the existence of other planes (including the elemental planes of air, water, etc., and the baffling semi-elemental plane of ranch dressing). Furthermore, the creation story (explained in the linked comic and four strips afterwards) is entirely new, using none of the pantheon's creation stories.
402** Furthermore, the comic uses the standard D&D practice of borrowing from a ''wide'' variety of stories. Traditional ''D&D'' monsters like owlbears, mind flayers, and beholders all appear (however briefly), as well as the standard fantasy races like orcs, goblins, lizardfolk, elves, halflings, gnomes, dwarves, and so on and undead like vampires, zombies, wights, skeletons, liches, and golems. [[MedievalPrehistory Dinosaurs also appear]] as the actual, real-life creatures. Nobody questions this, although the existence of ''Brontosaurus'' is lampshaded (an ''Apatosaurus'' body with the head of another dinosaur is practically normal when gryphons are common). The only fantasy creature that hasn't shown up yet are leprechauns: they have been mentioned several times (once by Belkar, who at the time was wildly sick), but never shown, and Thog's ridiculous leprechaun costume seems to indicate that they may be a myth in-universe.
403* ''Webcomic/{{Realmwalker}}'' involves Norse, English and Celtic mythology. The creatures and gods from these stories are all alive and well, and have adapted to modern life.
404* ''Webcomic/{{Sire}}'': All works of classic literature actually happened and the protagonists passed on their narratives down the bloodlines, bestowing their descendants with gifts and curses relating to their stories.
405%%* ''Webcomic/SkinDeep'': [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/ridiculous-creatures-1/ This]] short story. "How am I supposed to know what is actually fiction around here anymore?"
406* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': The comic takes this approach towards the religions and mythologies it touches on. The Finnish and Christian deities and afterlives, in particular, have taken active roles in the comic, as has Norse RunicMagic.
407* ''Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor'': Myths and superstitions tend to be problematic after a few too many generations. Some of them end up being accurate, but for each one that actually is, you've got a few dozen that are corrupted from translation issues or pure age, and hundreds that are plain false or started up from illogical premises. It's also a rule for the setting that no one can see the future, so prophecy tends to ''always'' be wrong.
408%%* ''Webcomic/{{Thunderstruck}}'': The two leads are sisters. One is an atheist and the other is a Christian. They're ''both'' wrong. The series also has a FantasyKitchenSink.%%How is this an example?
409* ''Webcomic/WaywardSons'' focuses mainly on Greek mythology, but features figures from several other ancient cultures.
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413* In ''Phaeton'' if a myth isn't true already then it can become true through the power of the Enigma. Sometimes mythical versions of creatures who already exist become true, that's when things get complicated.
414* ''Website/SCPFoundation'':
415** The Foundation possesses entities and artifacts from virtually every human mythology and religion, including (but not limited to) [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-073 Cain]] & [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-076 Abel]], [[Myth/HinduMythology Ananta]] [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-3000 Shesha]], [[Literature/BabaYaga Baba]] [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-352 Yaga]], [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-4666 Krampus]], and more.
416** ''Website/TheWanderersLibrary'' acts as a multiversal GreatBigLibraryOfEverything, and as such, almost anything can be found within, from TheGrimReaper to Native American gods.
417* In ''Literature/TalesoftheBigBadWolf'' there is the belief that myths are true accounts of past, present, and future of some characters but this point is arguable. It appears that "some" may be under debate as that has some problematic consequences for the figures who have a counterpart in fairy tales and myths.
418* Parodied in this collection of ironic Teach the Controversy [[http://controversy.wearscience.com/ t-Shirts]].
419* In ''Literature/VoidDomain'', Arachne is [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the Arachne]]. A Japanese spider demon, a Jorogumo, is mentioned. Ylva is the daughter of Hel from Myth/NorseMythology. Elves exist. The ''Literature/ArsGoetia'' comes into play with a King of Hell in the second book.
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423* ''WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID'' pretty much applies this to a number of creepypastas, having [[spoiler: Slender-Man, the Rake, Candle Cove ...]] all being part of their story, in addition to the multiple other Slender-blogs/-vlogs they've crossed over with.
424* In ''WebVideo/StampysLovelyWorld'', if you ask about childhood story elements, they seem to be around every corner. SantaClaus? He stops by every Christmas and one of his reindeer is one of Stampy's close friends. The EasterBunny? He drops by every year or so to hold an Easter egg hunt. The ToothFairy? She operates a dentist's office downtown. Extraterrestrial life? Stampy befriended them once and now they show up every once in a while. [[FireAndBrimstoneHell Hell]] [[BreadEggsMilkSquick itself]]? Yep, that exists too.[[note]]The last one is more implied than anything, but the point stands since the deceased BigBad respawned in the Nether after dying, i.e. in Minecraft's equivalent of H-E-double-bent-straws.[[/note]]
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428* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'':
429** On average, for every five or six that can be attributed to aliens, there's ''one that can't''. ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'' heavily implies that most if not all of these have some DoingInTheWizard explanation in the realm of sci-fi.
430** In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', Grandpa Max reveals to Ben and co. that many beasts and cryptids are real and in fact aliens... but he dismisses Bigfoot as just some guy in a costume.
431* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': The first episode of the series has Dan square off against the Wolfman. The second episode also confirms the existence of aliens in the show's universe. Other mythical entities include a yeti, a mummy, and the ghost of George Washington.
432* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
433** PlayedForLaughs in the episode "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles", when the teenaged Leela finds out about the Fountain of Aging in a children's book.
434--->'''Farnsworth:''' The Fountain of Aging? Hmm. It is just a legend. Still, they called the Tooth Fairy a legend, and now he's head of the FBI!
435** [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] with regard to various popular SciFi series, which are sometimes referred to as fictional in-universe and sometimes referenced as if they were a part of the show's reality, according to RuleOfFunny.
436--->'''Farnsworth:''' A billion robot lives are about to be extinguished! Oh, the [[Franchise/StarWars Jedis]] are going to feel this one!
437* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' took the stance that "All things are true, few things are ''accurate''." Through the course of the series we find out that [[Myth/NorseMythology Odin]] and [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Anubis]] are members of [[TheFairFolk the Third Race]], [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek Mythology]] was based on the inhabitants of an island called New Olympus, and [[Myth/CelticMythology Cu Chulainn]] has been reincarnated in the modern day. Also, several recurring characters are from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays, and when [[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} the Weird Sisters]] attacked Avalon, the protagonists woke up Myth/KingArthur. In one of the spin-off graphic novels, King Arthur references this trope: "All things are true; few things are accurate."
438* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': This is a world filled with all kinds of magical [[{{MacGuffin}} objects]] and beings, including [[KungFuWizard wizards]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] [[EvilSorcerer sorcerers]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]], {{oni}}, [[LivingShadow shadow]] [[ShadowWalker spirits]], [[ChineseVampire chi]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], [[AllTrollsAreDifferent trolls]], {{chupacabra}}s, etc. It's zig-zagged whether or not the [[StockNessMonster Loch Ness Monster]] exists. Jade is briefly mistaken for it in the dark while in Scotland, and later she summons it in a dream. During the {{Christmas episode}}, it is revealed that the ToothFairy doesn't exist, even though SantaClaus does. Except for Stonehenge being magical [[spoiler:(it's really a landing pad for {{flying saucer}}s)]].
439* Many episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}'' revolve around Venom trying to steal powerful legendary artifacts of one sort or another, which have legitimate powers. One episode, however, climaxes with Mayhem trying to use his newly acquired doobah, only to discover... its powers really ''were'' just a legend. This could be hysterical, except that the other characters appear ''completely blind'' to the irony of the situation, with Matt casually observing that of course it was only a superstition, and believing otherwise would be silly.
440* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Pretty much every legend in the story turned out to be proven historical. This includes the legend of Nightmare Moon, the legendary founding of Equestria under the threat of Windegos, the existence of Grogar (or at least his bell), and even the Daring Do novels were retconned as being historical in nature.
441* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': According to Eda, all the myths of Earth are the result of creatures from the Demon Realm bleeding over to ours. This includes griffons, vampires, and [[FamousFamousFictional giraffes]].
442-->'''Luz:''' ''Giraffes?''\
443'''Eda:''' Oh, yeah, we [[NoodleIncident banished those guys]]. [[HypocriticalHumor Bunch of freaks...]]
444* In one episode of '' WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', the Ghostbusters must deal with a creature from Irish folklore. According to legend, the creature can only be stopped by a FourLeafClover. All the characters go out searching for one, except Egon, who, playing the role of AgentScully, insists that the creature can be captured using the same "scientific" methods they always use. In the end, the four-leaf clover fails (it was a fake taken from a parade float), and Egon saves the day by capturing the creature "scientifically", exactly as he said he would. Despite this exception, the show generally followed this trope faithfully, as did its SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters''.
445* ''WesternAnimation/RoswellConspiraciesAliensMythsAndLegends'': All mythological creatures are actually aliens who have been on Earth for centuries, or millennia.
446* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Jack's sword was forged by the gods Odin, Ra, and Vishnu, from Norse, Egyptian, and Hindu mythology, respectively, and another episode, "Jack and the Swamp Wizard," mentions the existence of Cronus and Zeus, both of Greek mythology. It seems like only things that are myth or legend only in-universe may be untrue, like that a giant talking worm will grant wishes. Even so the myths hint accurately at many many things that could get Jack what he wants, not that he ever gets to use them for that.
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