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4. Dundes is a comprehensive anthology debating the definition (and function) of myth.
5. Collins uses the term “array” to give a geographically descriptive sense to numerous
sets of texts and cultural knowledge interconnecting and existing simultaneously
(Architectures 41; “Batman” 170-80).
6 The Animated Star Trek revisited the Tribbles in “More Tribbles, More Troubles”
(Sutherland 1973); it does not, however, revisit its past in the more literal sense embodied
in “Trials and Tribble-ations.”
7. Similarly, Peter Rose notes the way in which the first Superman feature film historicises
its own myth by putting references to its 1930s original alongside its 1970s re-invention
(33).
This characterisation is also drawn upon in Star Trek advertisements, one of which
describes the passing of the tradition from the original series through to the sequels, so
that DS9 is “a place where legends are forged,” and that “the legend continues with
Star Trek: Voyager' (Voyager 4.12 containing “Living Witness” Russ 1998 and
“Demon” Williams 1998).
9. As Rose notes in relation to Superman, for example, younger audience members may
miss references to the Superman of the 1930s, changing the textual reading (33). Collins
does not extensively develop his notion of “myth” and in Architectures develops a
different construction of cultural mythology (47).
10 In another inversion, Odysseus is bound to protect himself against the Sirens (Odyssey
12.178-9), whereas the victims of the Tauresians are bound during the marriage
ceremony.
11. Voyager later receives a warning about the Tauresians but is unable to contact Harry.
12. See for example Graham (13-4).
13. See for example Blair and Cranny-Francis.
14. Star Trek: The Next Generation, “When the Bough Breaks” (Manners 1988), in which
a sterile alien race steal children from the Enterprise, and “Up the Long Ladder” (Kolbe
1989), in which a society which reproduces by cloning attempts to steal new DNA
from Enterprise crew members.
15. Other episodes such as “Heroes and Demons” (Voyager Landau 1995) use the sleeve
to provide information on the appropriated text, which in this case is the medieval epic
Beowulf.
16. Star Trek: Voyager, “Ex Post Facto” (Burton 1995).
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