kind of Gesamtkunstwerk ('total work of art'), transforming the legends of the Teutonic past nearly out of recognition into a new monument to the Romantic project. While ostensibly known for improvised jamming, the rock group Phish first cemented as a group while producing leading member Trey Anastasio's senior project in college, called The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday. The song cycle features narration of major events in a mythical land called Gamehendge, containing types of imaginary creatures and primarily populated by a race called the "Lizards". It is essentially a postmodern pastiche, drawing from Anastasio's interest in musicals or rock operas as much as from reading philosophy and fiction. The creation of the myth is considered by many fans the thesis statement of the group, musically and philosophically, as Gamehendge's book of lost secrets (called the "Helping Friendly Book") is summarized as an encouragement to improvisation in any part of life: "the trick was to surrender to the flow." The black metal band Immortal's lyricist Harald Nævdal has created a mythological realm called Blashyrkh filled with demons, battles, winter landscapes, woods, and darkness, described by the band as a northern "Frostdemon" realm. Organizations The Mythopoeic Society exists to promote mythopoeic literature, partly by way of the Mythopoeic Awards. See also Campaign setting Constructed world Hero's journey Mythic fiction, literature that is rooted in tropes and themes of existing – instead of more artificial – mythology List of religious ideas in fantasy fiction References Bibliography Inklings Tolkien: Adcox, John. 2003. "Can Fantasy be Myth? Mythopoeia and The Lord of the Rings." The Newsletter of the Mythic Imagination Institute, September/October 2003. Menion, Michael. 2003/2004. "Tolkien Elves and Art, in J. R. R. Tolkien's Aesthetics." Firstworld.ca. (commentary on the poem "Mythopoeia"). C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald: Film-making as myth-making Lucas: Hart, Steven. 2002 April. "Galactic gasbag." Salon.com. Greydanus, Steven D. 2006. "An American Mythology: Why Star Wars Still Matters." Decent Film Guide. Lyden, John. 2000. "The Apocalyptic Cosmology of Star Wars (Abstract)." The Journal of Religion & Film 4(1). Fantasy genres Film genres Mythography Tolkien studies Inklings