mythopoeic

adjective

myth·​o·​poe·​ic

1

a

: creating or tending to create myth or myths

the mythopoeic stage of human culture

b

: preoccupied with mythological matters

the mythopoeic mind of the savage

—David Bidney

2

: giving rise to myths

some great mythopoeic event

—J. C. Powys

Word History

Etymology

Greek mythopoios teller of legends or myths (from mythopoiein) + English -ic

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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Rhymes for mythopoeic

• seborrheic