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mythopoeia
mythopoeia [ míthō p ə ] or mythopoesis [ míthō pō ssiss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
creation of myths: the process of creating myths
[Mid-19th century. Directly or via late Latin< Greek muthopoiia< muthos ('speech, myth') + poiein 'make']

mythopoeist noun
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