mythopoeia
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mythopoeia — [mith΄ə pē′ə] n. [< Gr mythopoios < mythos,MYTH1 + poiein, to make: see POEM] the making of myths mythopoeic [mith΄əpē′ik] adj. mythopoetic [mith΄əpō et′ik] … English World dictionary
Mythopoeïa — Pour le poème de J. R. R. Tolkien, voir Mythopoeia (poème). La mythopoeïa, du grec muthos (récit, fable) et poiein (créer, fabriquer) est la création consciente d un mythe ou d une mythologie personnelle dans une œuvre littéraire. Le terme a été… … Wikipédia en Français
Mythopoeia (genre) — Mythopoeia redirects here. For the poem by J. R. R. Tolkien, see Mythopoeia (poem). Mythopoeia (also mythopoesis, after Hellenistic Greek μυθοποιία, μυθοποίησις myth making ) is a narrative genre in modern literature and film where a fictional… … Wikipedia
Mythopoeia (poem) — Mythopoeia (mythos making) is a term coined by J.R.R. Tolkien as a title of a poem. Tolkien wrote Mythopoeia (the poem) following a discussion on the night of 19 September 1931 at Magdalen College, Oxford with C. S. Lewis and Hugo Dyson. Lewis… … Wikipedia
Mythopoeia (poème) — Pour le concept, voir Mythopoeïa. Mythopoeia est un poème de J. R. R. Tolkien, écrit dans les années 1930 et publié en 1988 dans le recueil Tree and Leaf. La première traduction française de ce poème, réalisée par Elen Riot, est parue en 2003… … Wikipédia en Français
mythopoeia — 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 • mythopoeic also mythopoetic or mythopoetical adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
mythopoeia — /mith euh pee euh/, n. a mythopoeic act, circumstance, characteristic, etc. [1955 60; < LL < Gk mythopoiía making of fables, invention, equiv. to mytho MYTHO + poiia (poi(eîn) to make + ia n. suffix)] * * * … Universalium
mythopoeia — mɪθə pɪËÉ™ n. an act of causing the production of myths … English contemporary dictionary
mythopoeia — [ˌmɪθə(ʊ) pi:ə] noun the making of a myth or myths. Derivatives mythopoeic adjective mythopoetic adjective Origin 1950s: from Gk muthopoiia … English new terms dictionary
mythopoeia — myth·o·poe·ia … English syllables
