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Author: darkapothem2000

Dec 1st 2011 at 7:05:24 AM

@Ekuran: I really like the idea behind the trope; I haven't yet seen anything on the wiki that explores or defines elements of mythologies ''within fiction'', and I absolutely think this could make for a great trope. I do, however, think that the criteria and scope of this trope need to be much more carefully defined before launch.

So, I suggest that this trope apply only to works of FICTION - that is, only figures in fictitious mythologies should be listed as examples. "Real life" mytho-historical figures should be given only in the description as a supplement to the definition.

You could, if you want, keep the "Real Life" heading to include examples where a mytho-historical figure is ''subverted'' in a work of fiction -- but then again, that may not be under the scope of this trope. Like you've said, this is potentially a Sub Trope of a relatively unexplored area, so you could always leave it to other tropers to fill in the gaps.

EDIT: If this were to become the case, then this trope would become a subtrope of {{Mythopoeia}} and perhaps a sister trope of CreationMyth.