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Originally Posted by pwalker8
We all know that you build on the works of others, well ok, most of us do.  Certainly, the story of Star Wars was the classic quest story. It's been said that there are only seven basic plots in a story.
The Star Wars mythos was built on top of many of the Japanese Samurai movies, which was based a lot on some of the various Daoist beliefs and the idea of chi (also spelled Ki or Qi). |
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That is the reason why I am thinking that creating a new unique myth is very difficult. Make it work in our world, and it will be even harder. You mentioned vampires earlier. Many vampire stories acknowledge that the book about Dracula exists, and that it got some things right and other things wrong. Now hear what really happened. Anne Rice did it very clever by incorporating the first book into the story itself. Go to the urban fantasy genre and almost all books rely on the idea that one or more existing real myths are actually true.