Mythopoeic
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The term mythopoeic has several applications:
- mythopoeic thoughtMythopoeic thoughtMythopoeic thought is a hypothetical stage of human thought preceding modern thought, proposed by Henri Frankfort and his wife Henriette Antonia Frankfort in the 1940s...
, a hypothetical stage of human thought (prior to scientific thought) that produces myths. - Mythopoeia (genre), a word coined by J.R.R. Tolkien to mean myth-making, and poem by the same, that has become a literature and film genre of "myth-like" narratives.
- Mythopoeic SocietyMythopoeic SocietyThe Mythopoeic Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of mythopoeia, fantasy and mythic literature. The group focuses primarily, but not exclusively, on works written by J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and C. S. Lewis. These authors were members of The Inklings, an...
- Mythopoeic AwardsMythopoeic AwardsThe Mythopoeic Awards for literature and literary studies are given by the Mythopoeic Society to authors of outstanding works in the fields of myth, fantasy, and the scholarly study of these areas; the full criteria and description can be read on the Mythopoeic Society's -Mythopoeic Fantasy...
- Mythopoetic men's movement