1. to treat or regard as mythical; to create myths about someone or something
Usage: past tense and past participle of mythologize

Examples

• The Wild West has been mythologized in countless movies and books.
• Over time, the founder’s simple story was mythologized into an epic tale.
• Ancient heroes were often mythologized by later generations.
• The battle has been so mythologized that few remember the actual facts.
• Hollywood mythologized the gangster era of the 1920s.
• The small town mythologized its humble origins into a grand founding story.