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mythmaker

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myth·mak·er  (mthmkr)
n.
One that creates myths or mythical situations.

mythmak·ing n.


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For him, MacDonald and those Christian mythmakers who have followed him are of particular importance because mythic writing "can awaken the soul" (22).
Photography was the more potent mythmaker of the two media, since, unlike painting, it possessed the cachet of objective truth.
The new Star Trek, says Manohla Dargis in the New York Times, is, among other things, "a testament to television's power as mythmaker, as a source for some of the fundamental stories we tell about ourselves, who we are and where we came from.
 
 
 
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