Which Mythology is in fashion?

[Astromancer]

In the West, Greek and Roman myths dominated literary fashion from the 6th century until the 19th. In the mid 19th century the Norse myths were more fashionable for a while with Hindu/Vedic and Egyptian myths along with the resurgent Greek myths joining to contest dominance in the 1880-1935 period. Greek came back to dominance with WWII and Celtic myths have challenged them since the 1960s. My question is, which mythology is the literary fashion in Transhuman Space?

We know there is an orbital amusement park with a Greek myth theme around Mars, but that shows continued popularity not cultural dominance. Which mythology is the cluster of stories Transhuman Space speaks about itself with?

[whswhs]

West African, and its American offshoots such as Vodun. These are belief systems whose mythologies are still alive, rather than being purely literary remains; so there is ongoing mythopoeic creativity in those cultures.

[malloyd]

I'd note that those trends are for "Western" (read American) literary culture. Even now there is plenty of stuff with Hindu themes from Bollywood or Shinto/Buddhist ones from Japan available here if you look for it, never mind in India or Japan. And American culture isn't nearly as big a slice of the global entertainment market in TS. I'd expect Chinese and Hindu stuff to be fairly widespread - there's a lot of it being produced after all, given those two nations are such a big slice of the world population and decently prosperous, and translating media is a negligible problem in a world where natural language capable LAI has been everywhere for a couple generations.

[Dr. Beckenstein]

In a hundred years?

Marvel and DC. Or the Simpsons.

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by malloyd

I'd note that those trends are for "Western" (read American) literary culture. Even now there is plenty of stuff with Hindu themes from Bollywood or Shinto/Buddhist ones from Japan available here if you look for it, never mind in India or Japan. And American culture isn't nearly as big a slice of the global entertainment market in TS. I'd expect Chinese and Hindu stuff to be fairly widespread - there's a lot of it being produced after all, given those two nations are such a big slice of the world population and decently prosperous, and translating media is a negligible problem in a world where natural language capable LAI has been everywhere for a couple generations.

I'd say the USA is very different than Europe and Latin America in which mythologies are popular.

Certainly Greek mythology was dominant well into the 19th century and Norse Mythology didn't catch on in the states until about fifty years after it was popular in Europe and Latin America. Meanwhile Native America mythology was popular in the US when it was totally obscure elsewhere (and I'm saying popular among the non Native community). Three Mardi Gras in the late 19th century had Hindu/Vedic theming suggesting a great popularity and interest in those myths.

The US has less distinctive taste in mythology after 1920.

[Johnny1A.2]

To me, the more interesting question is how would the culture of the THS time reinterpret/perceive any of the mythologies?

To illustrate my point, note the different way we look at the Greek myths compared to Westerners of 1724. Ditto the other mythologies

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by Johnny1A.2

To me, the more interesting question is how would the culture of the THS time reinterpret/perceive any of the mythologies?

To illustrate my point, note the different way we look at the Greek myths compared to Westerners of 1724. Ditto the other mythologies

We know about the Greek Myth themed Amusement Park in orbit around Mars in this setting. And I remember something about a temple to Dionysius on Luna. So the Greek Myths are important to somebody.