myth

In one version of Irish myth, selkies were seals that turned into beautiful women at night when they went ashore.

A Polish national who claimed to be Madeleine McCann "pursued that myth" and stalked the missing girl's parents by sending emails, making phone calls and turning up at their address, a court has heard.

Molly Siobhan Parker is on a quest to dispel myths around autism - especially autistic women.

"So many myths - that it was mindless violence, that it would corrupt young people. My job was to present the facts."

As new grief models have come out, it seems that this whole idea of reaching the last stage, or of closure, is a myth altogether, because our grief lives as long as our love.