Mȳth'o-poe'ic, a.

(-pē'ik), a. [Gr. μυθοποιός, making myths, from μῦθος, myth, and ποιεῖν, to make.] Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical narratives.

The same mythopoeic vein, and the same susceptibility and facility of belief, which had created both supply and demand for the legends of the saints, also provided the abundant stock of romantic narrative poetry, in amplification and illustration of the chivalrous ideal. Grote.