1. Construct a myth
   "The poet mythologized that the King had three sons";
   - mythologise [Brit]
    
2. Make into a myth
   "The Europeans have mythologized Rte. 66";
   - mythologise [Brit], mythicize, mythicise [Brit], mythify

Derived forms: mythologized, mythologizes, mythologizing

Type of: alter, change, cook up [informal], fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, modify