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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I don't know that one can't create one's own mythology. I would argue that is exactly what Lucas did with Star Wars, the force and the Jedi. I would not be surprised if quite a few people believe that the force is real. Tolkien did a pretty good job at creating his own mythology as well. Frodo Lives! While the idea of vampires and werewolves can be traced back quite a ways, the modern spin on vampires, werewolves, zombies and urban fantasy could be said to be a modern mythology.
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The mythology
might be Lucas's own. But he took the framework from Joseph Campbell, who had built on C.G. Jung, etc. ...
http://moongadget.com/origins/myth.html