mythopoeia

noun

mytho·​poe·​ia ˌmi-thə-ˈpē-ə 

: a creating of myth : a giving rise to myths

mythopoeic

ˌmi-thə-ˈpē-ik 

adjective

or less commonly mythopoetic

ˌmi-thə-pō-ˈe-tik 

or mythopoetical

ˌmi-thə-pō-ˈe-ti-kəl 

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Greek mȳthopoiía, from mŷthos "utterance, tale, myth" + -o- -o- + -poiia (from poieîn "to make, produce, do" + -ia -ia entry 1) — more at poet

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above