mythopoeic

[ mith-uh-pee-ik ]

/ ˌmɪθ əˈpi ɪk /

adjective

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

Nearby words

mythology, mythomane, mythomania, mythomaniac, mythopoeia, mythopoeic, mythopoetize, mythos, mytilene, mytishchi, myx-

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

Related forms

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

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Examples from the Web for mythopoeic

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

British Dictionary definitions for mythopoeic

mythopoeic

/ (ˌmɪθəʊˈpiːɪk) /

adjective

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

Derived Forms

mythopoeism, nounmythopoeist, noun

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