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WotD: mythopœic

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

Mythopoeic \Myth`o*p[oe]"ic\, a. [Gr. myqopoio`s making myths; my^qos myth + poiei^n to make.]

Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical narratives.

The mythopœic fertility of the Greeks. --Grote.

consuetudinary

n : a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) [syn: {consuetudinal}]

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