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Verb: mythologize  mi'th๓-lu`jIz
  1. Construct a myth
    "The poet mythologized that the King had three sons"
    - mythologise [Brit]
     
  2. Make into a myth
    "The Europeans have mythologized Rte. 66"
    - mythologise [Brit], mythicize, mythicise [Brit]

Derived forms: mythologized, mythologizing, mythologizes

See also: myth, mythologization, mythology

Type of: alter, change, cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, modify

Antonym: demythologize