Every Myth in Star Trek was Real?
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Are we just talking about the original series and films or can we expand it to other series?
In TNG, by the end of Devil's Due, "Ardra" is exposed as a fraud and a con artist, and no proof of the existence of an original Ardra that formed the myth a thousand years ago is ever raised.
The son of God in "Bread and Circuses" wasn't proven to be real.
They skipped all the legends that wouldn't have a surviving entity in the future. They skipped Noah's Ark, John Henry, Betsy Ross, Jussie Smollet, and George Washington chopping down the cherry tree.
Of course, if the standard was that a legend needed someone who could survive long enough to meet Kirk, they could have encountered Paul Bunyan, Santa Claus, Dracula, Tinkerbell, Rip Van Winkle, and the Jolly Green Giant. So they had some room to run if that's the way they were going.
Conclusion: Star Trek did not validate all legends.
Of course, if the standard was that a legend needed someone who could survive long enough to meet Kirk, they could have encountered Paul Bunyan, Santa Claus, Dracula, Tinkerbell, Rip Van Winkle, and the Jolly Green Giant. So they had some room to run if that's the way they were going.
Conclusion: Star Trek did not validate all legends.
Define "real" in context.
If real = "there was some occurence behind that myth" then yes.
If real = "as described by the believers in the myth, this all really happened" then some yes and some no.
If real = "there was some occurence behind that myth" then yes.
If real = "as described by the believers in the myth, this all really happened" then some yes and some no.
I haven't yet watched the video so I'm not sure what's discussed, but Spock refers (before any confirmed encounter) to what turns out to be both the Metrons and Gorgan using the term "space legends." Moreover, in And the Children Shall Lead, Kirk even responds that "Most legends have their basis in fact, Spock." And now that I think of it, without checking the transcript I feel like there's a similar discussion in The Savage Curtain before the Excalbians conjure up Lincoln. Flint probably also qualifies.
While Star Trek certainly took a...fantastical spin, Jack the Ripper is hardly a "myth".
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If you include the novels, Vampires are the result of an alien disease!
a StarTrek novel?
There's gotta be a cross-over somewhere with Trek's take on the Greek gods ala Adonis and Marvel's take on the Viking Gods (maybe through in the StarGate Egyptians lol).
dJE
Bloodthirst. It even had a TNG sequel if I remember correctly.
The murders really happened, but as Spock noted, the identity of the killer(s) has never been confirmed. There's so much mystery and speculation that much of it could be considered something of an urban myth. The very name "Jack the Ripper" came from a letter from someone taking credit for the murders, which the newspapers publicized, but that letter was likely a hoax. Over a hundred possible suspects have been named over the years. Some recent DNA testing may have shed more light on things, but still not conclusive.
Kor
You're a pretty good guesser! Everything you listed except Flint is mentioned in the video, which explores three categories across TOS, TAS, and the classic movies:
Space Legends
Mythic Edens
Ancient Gods
"Chariots of the Gods, man. They practically own South America."
I would love to see more of the Greek and other mythologies and the basis of myth explored. Also enjoyed such ideas.
Star Trek was not unique in this approach to storytelling. I imagine most sci-fi fans can name a dozen stories whose premise was that myth, magic or gods were "real."
"I say he must prove he is a god!"
—Salish, "The Paradise Syndrome"
Any sufficiently repeatable magic is indistinguishable from technology.
—Corollary to Clarke's Law
"I say he must prove he is a god!"
—Salish, "The Paradise Syndrome"
Any sufficiently repeatable magic is indistinguishable from technology.
—Corollary to Clarke's Law
Comic books spring to mind. In DC and Marvel all pantheons and myths from angels to genies exist, along with made for the comics myths and cosmology like the Endless and Celestials along with high concept sci-fi.
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