Why “mythopoeist” is a great word
MYTHOPOEIST — [Noun] A creator or writer of myths. From Ancient Greek μυθοποίησις (muthopoíēsis, "mythmaking"), from μῦθος (muthos, "myth, story") and ποιέω (poieō, "to make, to create"). Unlike a mythographer, who catalogues and analyzes existing tales, or a fabulist, who crafts moral fables or, pejoratively, falsehoods, the mythopoeist is an architect of origins. They are the hand shaping damp clay into a god's first idol, the voice that names the constellations into a hunting beast and a chained maiden, the mind carving a river's path from the weeping of a spirit. Their work is the lonely and essential labor of building a world for the soul to inhabit.