Muthos (Gr) -  Myth (Eng) - the Greek word muthos is translated "myth" or "fable."
In Second Timothy 4:4 says,

"They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to muthos."

It is worth noting that the first verb is in the active tense as in,
"They themselves will turn their own ears away from the truth."
The people willingly by their own choice do this turning away from truth.
But, the result is not written in the Greek in the active tense, but in the passive.
The result is not done by the people, but instead is done to the people:
They will be, by something outside themselves, turned aside to muthos, or myths, that are not true.

If we willing turn away from the truth, we will be left to deception.

Four wine-drinking vessel belonging to Artaxerxes from the 400's BC have been found in his royal palace. Artaxerxes name is inscribed in cuneiform on the 12 inch diameter vessel. Note that Nehemiah is identified as Artaxerxes' cupbearer in Nehemiah 2:1 in April of 445 BC.

The inscription on the silver wine bowl read:
"Artaxerxes, the great king, king of kings, king of countries, son of Xerxes the king, of Xerxes who was son of Darius the king, the Achaemenian, in whose house this silver drinking cup was made."
(see image and details HERE)

This photo is looking up from the Kidron Valley at the southeast corner of the Temple Mount Wall. In the days of the New Testament, the building on this corner of the Temple Mount would have been even higher. Josephus describes the view from the  roof of the Royal Stoa, or Solomon’s Porch, saying:

It was a structure more noteworthy than any under the sun. The height of the portico was so great that if anyone looked down from its rooftop he would become dizzy and his vision would be unable to reach the end of so measureless a depth.
- Josephus, Antiquities 15.412

It is important to realize that the Kidron Valley was much deeper 2,000 years ago. The bottom of the Kidron Valley has been raised by the rubble and debris of centuries falling into it. This is where Jesus was tempted by Satan to jump:

Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
“If you are the Son of God,” he said,
“throw yourself down.”
– Matthew 4:8