Mistory - that part of
the story of our past that is not supported by evidence or for which evidence is conflicting, may be based on speculations drawn from questionably related evidence, is widely believed in spite of a lack of evidence. That part of
the story that is neither pure myth nor
historical fact. Possibly the larger part of the story.
Personifications of
Shakespeare, Joan of Arc, and
Jesus Christ are a part of mistory. Mistory is a sorely needed relative term. We have too many purported absolutes in the
dictionary already. Mystery and mistory are related; but mistory represents a body of pseudo knowledge, whereas mystery can derive strictly from imaginations.