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mythopoeia
Sign in to saveMythopoeia (, ), or mythopoesis, is a subgenre of speculative fiction, and a theme in modern literature and film, where an artificial or fictionalized mythology is created by a writer of prose, poetry, or other literary forms. The concept was widely popularised by J. R. R. Tolkien in the 1930s, although it long predated him. The authors in this genre integrate traditional mythological themes and archetypes into fiction. Mythopoeia is also the act of creating a mythology.
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Vinony's link graph records 826 inbound references to mythopoeia, and connects out to non-narrative film, animation and King Arthur.
It is catalogued under topics including Film genres, Inklings and Mythology in popular culture.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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- literary genre
- Subclass of
- fantasy
- Movement
- Inklings
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- Category:Mythopoeia
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Genre
- In literature
- Antecedents
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- C. S. Lewis
- Superheroes of comic books
- In literary modernism
- In film
- ''Star Wars''
- In music
- Organizations
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
Mythopoeia (, ), or mythopoesis, is a subgenre of speculative fiction, and a theme in modern literature and film, where an artificial or fictionalized mythology is created by a writer of prose, poetry, or other literary forms. The concept was widely popularised by J. R. R. Tolkien in the 1930s, although it long predated him. The authors in this genre integrate traditional mythological themes and archetypes into fiction. Mythopoeia is also the act of creating a mythology.
== Genre ==
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