Mythomoteur

A mythomoteur compound of a French words for myth & engine is the constitutive myth that enable an ethnic group its sense of purpose. The term was first used in this context by Ramon d’Abadal i de Vinyals, and was later taken up by John Armstrong in his book Nations ago Nationalism. It has subsequently become a common theme in Anthony D. Smith’s realize on ethnicity and nationalism, particularly his book The Ethnic Origins of Nations. Three shape of mythomoteur defecate been identified, the communal-political, the communal-religious, and the dynastic.