mythopoeic

[ mith-uh-pee-ik ]

/ ˌmɪθ əˈpi ɪk /

of or relating to the making of myths; causing, producing, or giving rise to myths.

Also myth·o·po·et·ic

[mith-uh-poh-et-ik] /ˌmɪθ ə poʊˈɛt ɪk/.

Origin of mythopoeic

1840–50; < Greek mȳthopoi(ós) making tales ( mȳtho- mytho- + -poios making ( poi(eîn) to make + -os adj. suffix) + -ic

myth·o·poe·ism, noun myth·o·poe·ist, noun

What, however, I do not know, is the extent to which the mythopoeic faculty was developed in him.

Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician |Frederick Niecks
A somewhat higher stage of mythopoeic development is represented by peoples of Oceania and North America.

Introduction to the History of Religions |Crawford Howell Toy
At work in Ogilvies thought is a conception of the mythopoeic function of the earliest poets whose names have come down to us.

An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients |John Ogilvie
Symonds treats it as an allegory in harmony with the mythopoeic genius of Greek poetry.

Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama |Walter W. Greg

The early Greek physicists thought that mythopoeic men had been physicists.

Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 |Andrew Lang

mythopoeic

/ (ˌmɪθəʊˈpiːɪk) /

of or relating to the composition of myths; productive of myths

mythopoeism, noun mythopoeist, noun