mythologise

/M AH0 TH AA1 L AH0 JH AY0 Z/
verb
  1. 1

    To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of.

  2. 2

    To construct a myth or mythology.

  3. 3

    To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mythologise, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mythologize