TY  - Type of reference 
TI  - [FORTHCOMING] Transport Myths in Science Fiction and Mythology: Lessons Learned from Integral Mythanalysis 
AU  - Christian Gatard 
AB  - Science fiction and mythology share a fundamental anthropological function: taming the unknown through narrative. Transport is never neutral in either tradition — crossing a threshold always implies an ontological rupture. Hermes, god of passages, serves as the structuring archetype: his winged sandals prefigure spaceships; his roles as messenger and psychopomp resonate with AI, dimensional portals, and space exploration. The article proposes an integral mythanalysis: a critical archaeology of narratives distinguishing Band-Aid myths (immutable archetypes — the hero, sacrifice, the king) from butterfly myths (ancient stories metamorphosing across eras). Prometheus becomes Elon Musk; Aladdin’s carpet, the drone-taxi. In science fiction, rockets, spaceships, and stations replay ancient mythemes: the Argo, Charon’s ferry, the shamanic axis mundi. Transport reveals a political dialectic — whoever controls the passages controls collective destinies. Against the Promethean myth of unlimited conquest, our era seems to seek a figure closer to Hermes — a prudent mediator between worlds. To change the myths is to change reality itself. 
DO  - TBA 
JF  - Technology and Innovation 
KW  - Science ficttion, Modern myths, Mythanalysis, Psychopomp, Foresights, Science-fiction, Mythes modernes, Mythanalyse, Psychopompe, Prospective,  
L1  - https://www.openscience.fr/IMG/pdf/gatard-ok.pdf 
LA  - en 
PB  - ISTE OpenScience 
DA  - 2026/05/11 
SN  - 2399-8571 
TT  - [À PARAITRE] Les mythes du transport entre science-fiction et mythologie : leçons tirées de la mythanalyse intégrale 
UR  - https://www.openscience.fr/Transport-Myths-in-Science-Fiction-and-Mythology-Lessons-Learned-from-Integral 
IS  - Forthcoming papers 
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