Ancient Egypt in Modern Science Fiction & Culture ©M7C 2026
Moderns can’t stop incorporating ideas from Ancient Egypt into Science Fiction. Battlestar Galactica was what would happen if the Ancients left in space ships and returned to Earth. In Star Wars you have competing forces: the Sith (from the Egyptian evil god Seth) whom use red light sabers (red is a sacred color of Seth), to the Jedi (from Djed, the symbol of Osiris) and their blue (Osiris) or green (Horus, Wadjet) light sabers. They also had Telekinesis (the Force). In Star Wars is the situation of the Republic (of Ancient Rome/Greece, or Osiris) to the Empire (Imperial Egypt). Horus the god of light uses light to kill Seth, hence Light sabers. Seth uses Magic to attack Horus, hence the Force or lightning (from Seth’s lightning storms).
In Superhero genre, the Batman is based on Horus. The Batman avenges his parents as Horus avenges Osiris by fighting Seth’s minions, and since Horus is a Prince he has wealth and access to weapons and armor. Superman is based on Ra. In Superman 3 they used a DNA of Superman to attack him, like the story of Ra and Isis where the goddess Isis seduces Ra with his own DNA made into a snake that bit him, to get his secret name (the source of his power, the Eye of Horus).
In Disney you have the story of Cinderella. The glass slipper fits only one person, like the mummy box of Osiris built by Seth. Or Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, as in the Seven Hathors (with the Mistress of the West playing herself). In Fantasia it is Mickey Mouse as the Magician’s Apprentice, based on the Ancient Egyptian Priest. Disneyland is the Magic Kingdom (i.e. Ancient Egypt), and one wishes upon a Star (Egyptian prayer). Walt Disney was rumored to be a Mason, the Architects of the Pharaohs who founded the USA as a new Egypt. This is why you have these references.
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