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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr.

μυθοποιόσ

making myths;

μῦθοσ

myth +

ποιεῖν

to make.]

Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical narratives.

The

mythopoeic

fertility of the Greeks.

Grote.

See also: mythopœic

mythopoeic ‎(comparative more mythopoeic, superlative most mythopoeic)

Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25:
  No other fully historical hero has furnished such a perfect opportunity for the mythopoeic faculty.