Mythopoeia

"Mythopoeia" (from Greek μυθοποεια, "mythos-making") is the title of a poem by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Tolkien wrote it as a reaction to his friend C.S. Lewis' statement that myths were "lies breathed through silver." The poem takes a position opposed to Rationalism and materialism, referring to the creative human author as "the little maker" wielding his "own small golden sceptre" in rule over his sub-creation (understood as genuine creation within God's primary Creation).
== Excerpt ==
:I will not treat your dusty path and flat,
:denoting this and that by this and that,
:your world immutable wherein no part
:the little maker has with maker's art.
:I bow not yet before the Iron Crown,
:nor cast my own small golden sceptre down.
== See also ==
* The Mythopoeic Society exists to promote mythopoeic literature, partly by way of the Mythopoeic Awards.
Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien