Definition of "mythopoeic" [mythopoeic]

• Of or relating to the making of myths. (adjective)
• Serving to create or engender myths; productive in mythmaking. (adjective)

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• "When Nick Hornby called Drooker's work "mythopoeic," he wasn't kidding."
• "Elephantiasis, Hydro-phobia, and Penal Servitude_), without once experiencing the "aching void" which is filled by such words as "mythopoeic," and "anthropomorphism.""
• "All three are rich with the sort of mythopoeic imagery that should particularly appeal to sf/fantasy readers, and Stevens's "The Man With the Blue Guitar" can be read, I think, as a sort of passionate defense of literary approaches derided by Realists."