mythopoeic

adj

1. Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.

   “No other fully historical hero has furnished such a perfect opportunity for the mythopoeic faculty.”

   “If we study myth in a scientific way, we miss the experience of moving into a mythopoeic mode of consciousness.”

   “Suppose a serious literary critic were to write about Hollywood autobiographies: “Niven experiences life as an imprisoning reality of personal experience, plus mythopoeic elements, a vast sottisier in the tradition of Jessel's This way, Miss.[…]”