n.
Pronunciation: ˌ mi-th ə - ' p ē - ə
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek mythopoiia, from mythopoiein to make a myth, from mythos + poiein to make ― more at POET
Date: 1846
: a creating of myth : a giving rise to myths
– mytho · poe · ic \ - ' p ē -ik \ also mytho · po · et · ic \ -p ō - ' e-tik \ or mytho · po · et · i · cal \ -ti-k ə l \ adjective