mythopoeic
Adjective: - Relating to the creation of myths: "mythopoeic" describes something that involves or is characteristic of the making or composing of myths, especially in a poetic or imaginative way.
- (The writing style is focused on creating new myths.)
- (The novel is engaged in the creation of mythological stories.)
"mythopoeic literature": a genre of fiction that deliberately constructs a mythic framework.
- Tolkien's works are considered mythopoeic because they create an entire mythology for Middle-earth. (The literature builds a new mythological system.)
"mythopoeic imagination": the creative ability to generate myths.
- The poet's mythopoeic imagination gave rise to a new cosmology of symbols. (The imagination actively produces mythological narratives.)
Mythopoeia (noun): the making or creation of myths.
- The study of mythopoeia examines how cultures invent their foundational stories. (The process of myth creation.)
Mythopoeic (adjective): same as above; alternate spelling is "mythopoeic" (note: this is the same word, but some dictionaries list "mythopoetic" as a variant).
- His mythopoeic poetry reshapes classical myths into modern allegories. (Poetry that creates or reimagines myths.)
Mythopoetic (adjective): a common variant spelling; identical in meaning.
- The film's mythopoetic narrative draws on Norse mythology. (The narrative is myth-creating in nature.)
- Myth-creating: directly describing the act of forming myths.
- Mythogenic: producing or giving rise to myths (less common).
- Legend-making: similar in meaning, but often less formal.
To spin a myth: to invent or elaborate a story with mythic qualities.
- The storyteller spun a mythopoeic tale of a lost civilization. (Created a myth-like narrative.)
To weave a mythology: to construct a complex set of myths.
- The author weaves a mythology that explains the origins of the world. (Creates a mythic system.)