mythicizer
/ˈmɪθɪsaɪzər/
noun
- A person who turns something into a myth or treats it as legendary.
- The author was a mythicizer of ordinary events, making them seem magical in his books.
- The filmmaker is known as a mythicizer who transforms real people into larger-than-life characters.
- As a mythicizer, she took the small village's history and wove it into a grand tale.