1. to create or develop a myth or mythology about someone or something; to turn into myth
Usage: British spelling; American spelling is 'mythologize'; transitive verb
2. to explain or interpret something in terms of mythology or mythological concepts
Usage: British spelling; American spelling is 'mythologize'; transitive verb

Examples

• The media tends to mythologise celebrities, turning them into larger-than-life figures.
• Historians have mythologised the Wild West, creating a romanticized version of frontier life.
• Ancient cultures mythologised natural phenomena to explain thunder and lightning.
• The author mythologises her childhood experiences in the novel, blending fact with legend.
• Over time, people mythologise historical events, losing sight of what actually happened.
• Critics argue that we mythologise our national heroes rather than examine them critically.