Mythopoeia
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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
William Blake's mythology is both written and illustrated. Here, Los is tormented at his smithy by the Spectre in an illustration to Jerusalem.
J.R.R. Tolkien's bust by Faith Falcounbridge in Exeter College, Oxford
Tolkien was unable to emulate Elias Lönnrot, who travelled Finland recording oral folklore, and then reconstructed the country's mythology. 1912 sketch for a mural, Lönnrot and the Rune Singers, by Akseli Gallen-Kallela
George Lucas
H. P. Lovecraft
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Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos, but his legacy is also apparent in terms like
Mythopoeia
…works carry mythic themes, only a few approach the dense self-referentiality and purpose of mythopoesis. Mythopoeic authors include William Blake, H.P. Lovecraft, Lord Dunsany, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Mervyn Peake, and Robert E. Howard. Tolkien used the word as the title of one of his poems, written in…
Lovecraft in 1934
H. P. Lovecraft as a child, circa 1900
Whipple Van Buren Phillips
Lovecraft's final home, May 1933 until March 10, 1937